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The Unification of the Social Credit Systems is approaching

China is lagging behind its original schedule in introducing a nationwide Social Credit System. The system consists of scattered field trials that mainly regulate the economic exchange of companies. Currently, political control of individuals is not the focus, but that may change quite quickly as of now. The population is welcoming the introduction rather than criticizing it.

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Frank Sieren
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Beijing actually wanted to introduce its “Social Credit System,” which is controversially discussed especially in the West, nationwide as early as the end of 2020 (China.Table reported). However, the digital ranking of citizens and companies, which was officially announced seven years ago, has so far been limited to a series of pilot projects in various cities and regions. The China Law Translate platform has counted a total of seventy small-scale projects. However, little is known about most of them.

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