Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 26 (Reporter An Bei) The State Council executive meeting held a few days ago determined measures to improve the untrustworthy restraint system and the social credit system to provide support for the development of the socialist market economy.
The meeting decided to adhere to laws and regulations, protect rights and interests, prudence and appropriateness, inventory management, standardize and improve the untrustworthy restraint system, and promote the construction of the social credit system in an orderly and healthy manner, and clarified six measures.
One is to scientifically define the scope and procedures for the inclusion of credit information.
Incorporating specific behaviors into public credit information must be strictly based on laws, regulations, etc., and implement catalog management and make it public.
The administrative agency's determination of untrustworthy conduct must be based on a legally effective document.
The second is to standardize the scope and procedures of credit information sharing and disclosure.
Whether and to what extent credit information is shared and disclosed should adhere to the principle of lawfulness and necessity, and be clear when compiling the credit information catalog.
The third is to standardize the criteria for identifying the list of seriously untrustworthy entities, and strictly limit them as responsible entities that seriously endanger the health and safety of the people, seriously undermine the order of fair market competition and the normal order of society in accordance with relevant regulations, and shall not be added or expanded without authorization.
Specific identification procedures must be strictly implemented.
The fourth is to implement punishments for dishonesty in accordance with laws and regulations to ensure that the punishments are equal.
The disciplinary measures taken against untrustworthy entities that reduce their rights or increase their obligations must be based on the facts of the untrustworthiness, based on laws and regulations, and be moderate in severity. No additional or heavier punishments shall be imposed at will, and financial institutions, credit service institutions, industry associations and chambers of commerce shall not be compulsory , The news media, etc. punish untrustworthy entities.
Fifth, establish a credit repair mechanism that is conducive to self-correction.
Except as otherwise provided by laws and regulations, untrustworthy entities can apply for credit restoration if they correct their untrustworthy behavior and eliminate adverse effects as required.
For those eligible for restoration, relevant departments and units shall promptly remove them from the untrustworthy list according to regulations.
Sixth, strengthen information security and privacy protection.
Strictly enforce the authority and procedures for the use of credit information inquiries, severely investigate and punish leaks, tampering, damage, theft of credit information or the use of credit information for personal gain, and severely crack down on illegal acts of collecting and buying and selling credit information.
The meeting requested that all relevant departments in various places should promptly clear up measures such as the identification, recording, disclosure, and punishment of untrustworthy conduct that have been issued, and that those that do not meet the requirements should be regulated in a timely manner.
Analysts pointed out that in recent years, my country has carried out a series of powerful and effective exploration practices in solidly advancing the construction of a social credit system, but the overall situation is still in the initial stage of exploration, with credit information records in individual places and areas, identification of untrustworthy lists, and untrustworthy associations. Random expansion of the scope of punishment, generalization tendency, difficulty in credit restoration, and inadequate protection of rights and interests have affected the legitimate rights and interests of enterprises and individuals. These six measures have proposed corresponding solutions to the problems that are currently more concentrated in all sectors of society, which will help promote the standardized and orderly construction of the social credit system.