Vacation rental firm Airbnb Inc will shut down all listings and experiences in mainland China from July 30.
Airbnb is joining the league of Western internet platforms that have opted out of the China market.
Airbnb announced its decision to its Chinese users in a letter posted on its WeChat account.
The San Francisco-based company said Chinese users would still be allowed to book listings and experiences abroad.
Western internet firms such as Linkedin and Yahoo had also retreated from China as Beijing internet decoupling wax stronger.
Almost all major Western internet platforms including Alphabet Inc’s Google and Meta Platforms Inc’s Facebook have ceased to provide services to end users in mainland China.
The internet platforms have cited reasons ranging from censorship to operation difficulties in the country.
As part of its retreat, Airbnb would remove about 150,000 listings in China, out of six million it had around the world, according to a New York Times report.
Founded in 2008, Airbnb started providing services in mainland China in 2015. Its main Chinese rivals are Tujia and Xiaozhu.
