New social credit law: systems grow toge • Table.Briefings

A new law is to bring together China’s various social points systems. It should be noted that many authorities with different goals have contributed to the draft. But it already points the way to a future with even closer-meshed monitoring.

A number of Chinese authorities have published their joint draft of a new social credit law on Weibo (an unofficial translation can be found here). This way, the state is gathering feedback from interested members of the public. Thus, it is only an initial trial balloon. The text may still change considerably before it is passed by the National People’s Congress.

New social credit law: systems grow together

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