China to ban citizens with bad 'social credit' rating from taking flights or using trains for up to a year
China to ban citizens with bad 'social credit' rating
from taking flights or using trains for up to a year
President Xi Jinping's plan based on principle 'once
untrustworthy, always restricted' to come into effect on 1 May
Staff and agencies a day ago March 18, 2018
China said it will begin applying its so-called social
credit system to flights and trains and stop people who have committed misdeeds
from taking such transport for up to a year.
People who would be put on the restricted lists included
those found to have committed acts like spreading false information about
terrorism and causing trouble on flights, as well as those who used expired
tickets or smoked on trains, according to two statements issued on the National
Development and Reform Commission’s website on Friday.
Those found to have committed financial wrongdoings, such
as employers who failed to pay social insurance or people who have failed to
pay fines, would also face these restrictions, said the statements which were
dated 2 March.
It added that the rules would come into effect on 1 May .
The move is in line with President’s Xi Jinping’s plan to
construct a social credit system based on the principle of “once untrustworthy,
always restricted,” said one of the notices which was signed by eight
ministries, including the country’s aviation regulator and the Supreme People’s
Court.
China has flagged plans to roll out a system that will
allow government bodies to share information on its citizens’ trustworthiness
and issue penalties based on a so-called social credit score.
However, there are signs that the use of social credit
scoring on domestic transport could have started years ago. In early 2017, the
country’s Supreme People’s Court said during a press conference that 6.15
million Chinese citizens had been banned from taking flights for social
misdeeds.
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