Opinions of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council on Improving the Social Credit System
Opinions of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council on Improving the Social Credit System
Opinions of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council on Improving the Social Credit System
March 21, 2025
The social credit system is a fundamental system of the market economy. To improve the social credit system, the following opinions are hereby presented with the approval of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the State Council.
I. General Requirements
We must adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, thoroughly implement the guiding principles of the 20th CPC National Congress and the Second and Third Plenary Sessions of the 20th CPC Central Committee, and uphold and strengthen the Party's leadership. We must adhere to the general principle of pursuing progress while ensuring stability, fully and accurately apply the new development philosophy, and adhere to government guidance, market-driven forces, and social co-construction. We must promote the culture of integrity, integrate public and market credit information, and ensure reasonable and lawful credit rewards and punishments. We must build a social credit system that covers all types of entities, features unified institutional rules, and is jointly developed, shared, and used by all, and promote the deep integration of the social credit system with all aspects and links of economic and social development, so as to provide strong support for accelerating the development of a unified national market, maintaining fair and orderly market competition, and promoting high-quality development.
II. Build a Social Credit System Covering All Types of Entities
(1) Deepen the building of government credit: Improve the mechanism for good-faith performance by the government, conduct government integrity evaluations, and refine the criteria for identifying and penalizing government credit violations; Include credit violations by any government or its departments (including subordinate entities) during public resource transactions, investment promotion, talent recruitment, public-private partnerships, industry support, investment and financing, and enterprise-related fee charges in their credit records in accordance with regulations, and restrict their eligibility for applying for fiscal funds and projects, pilot and demonstration programs, and awards; Effectively utilize the list of public institutions with abnormal conduct to promote integrity and self-regulation among public institutions; Strengthen the integrity management and education of public officials.
(2) Strengthen the credit development of business entities: Enhance the credit management of business entities, support them in improving compliant operation systems, controlling credit risks, and guiding them to operate with integrity and fulfill their commitments; Establish a comprehensive evaluation system for enterprise credit status based on comprehensive public credit evaluation; Strengthen the disclosure of the credit status of state-owned enterprises while ensuring the security of confidential and sensitive information; Encourage business entities to proactively provide credit information to credit service agencies to continuously improve their credit records.
(3) Accelerate the credit development of social organizations: Strengthen the management, sharing, and disclosure of social organizations' credit information, enhance the credit regulation of social organizations, and guide them to be honest and self-disciplined to improve their internal governance; Competent industry authorities and competent business departments shall promote integrity building in industry associations and chambers of commerce, and instruct them to conduct credit evaluations and other activities in accordance with laws and regulations and play their role in guiding member conduct, establishing regulatory constraints for members, and safeguarding members' rights and interests.
(4) Promote the credit development of natural persons in an orderly manner. It is necessary to establish and improve natural person credit records in accordance with laws and regulations. Efforts shall be made to accelerate the development of credit management systems for key professional groups such as legal, financial, accounting, auditing, medical, education, domestic services, engineering construction, ecology and environment, platform economy practitioners, and those with national professional qualifications.
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March 21, 2025
The social credit system is a fundamental system of the market economy. To improve the social credit system, the following opinions are hereby presented with the approval of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the State Council.
I. General Requirements
We must adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, thoroughly implement the guiding principles of the 20th CPC National Congress and the Second and Third Plenary Sessions of the 20th CPC Central Committee, and uphold and strengthen the Party's leadership. We must adhere to the general principle of pursuing progress while ensuring stability, fully and accurately apply the new development philosophy, and adhere to government guidance, market-driven forces, and social co-construction. We must promote the culture of integrity, integrate public and market credit information, and ensure reasonable and lawful credit rewards and punishments. We must build a social credit system that covers all types of entities, features unified institutional rules, and is jointly developed, shared, and used by all, and promote the deep integration of the social credit system with all aspects and links of economic and social development, so as to provide strong support for accelerating the development of a unified national market, maintaining fair and orderly market competition, and promoting high-quality development.
II. Build a Social Credit System Covering All Types of Entities
(1) Deepen the building of government credit: Improve the mechanism for good-faith performance by the government, conduct government integrity evaluations, and refine the criteria for identifying and penalizing government credit violations; Include credit violations by any government or its departments (including subordinate entities) during public resource transactions, investment promotion, talent recruitment, public-private partnerships, industry support, investment and financing, and enterprise-related fee charges in their credit records in accordance with regulations, and restrict their eligibility for applying for fiscal funds and projects, pilot and demonstration programs, and awards; Effectively utilize the list of public institutions with abnormal conduct to promote integrity and self-regulation among public institutions; Strengthen the integrity management and education of public officials.
(2) Strengthen the credit development of business entities: Enhance the credit management of business entities, support them in improving compliant operation systems, controlling credit risks, and guiding them to operate with integrity and fulfill their commitments; Establish a comprehensive evaluation system for enterprise credit status based on comprehensive public credit evaluation; Strengthen the disclosure of the credit status of state-owned enterprises while ensuring the security of confidential and sensitive information; Encourage business entities to proactively provide credit information to credit service agencies to continuously improve their credit records.
(3) Accelerate the credit development of social organizations: Strengthen the management, sharing, and disclosure of social organizations' credit information, enhance the credit regulation of social organizations, and guide them to be honest and self-disciplined to improve their internal governance; Competent industry authorities and competent business departments shall promote integrity building in industry associations and chambers of commerce, and instruct them to conduct credit evaluations and other activities in accordance with laws and regulations and play their role in guiding member conduct, establishing regulatory constraints for members, and safeguarding members' rights and interests.
(4) Promote the credit development of natural persons in an orderly manner. It is necessary to establish and improve natural person credit records in accordance with laws and regulations. Efforts shall be made to accelerate the development of credit management systems for key professional groups such as legal, financial, accounting, auditing, medical, education, domestic services, engineering construction, ecology and environment, platform economy practitioners, and those with national professional qualifications.
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