Published: June 22nd, 2021,
Last updated: October 5th, 2022
Just over seven years ago, the communist state leadership unveiled its blueprint for a far-reaching Social Credit System. The citizen and company rating is based on the scoring system for checking creditworthiness known from the financial industry. According to Beijing, they intended to increase reliability in economic exchanges. Critics, however, see the system as „Schufa on anabolic steroids“ – because the potentially registered data include more than only the creditworthiness of individuals and companies.