Die Entwicklung des Social Credit Systems:  zu drei seiner Funktionen aus Sicht des  Öffentlichen Rechts

Yongxi Chen

Die Entwicklung des Social Credit Systems: zu drei seiner Funktionen aus Sicht des Öffentlichen Rechts

Translated title of the contribution: Evolution of the Social Credit System: Three Functions through the Lens of Public Law

Yongxi Chen

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

Abstract

Essay for discussion at the Interdisciplinary Symposium “Super-Scoring? Data-driven Societal Technologies in China and Western-style Democracies as A New Challenge for Education.” (Cologne, 11 October 2019).

China’s Social Credit System (SCS) is widely regarded as a ground-breaking form of data-driven governance in media reports. The term “social credit system” as used in academic discourses also denotes a comprehensive networked system of behaviour rating and responsibility placing. The SCS in practice, however, is still taking shape, with official documents interpreting the concept of “social credit” differently and associating the system with changing policy goals. This essay seeks to provide a pathfinder in the labyrinth of policies and pilots concerning social credit in China by outlining three primary functions served by the SCS during its evolution. The analysis here does not intend to be exhaustive or technology-centric. It focuses on the legal nature of essential measures of assessment and punishment undertaken by different entities within the changing boundary of the system. The purpose is to capture better the challenges posed by the SCS to individuals’ rights and the limits of legal redress under China’s changing politico-legal landscape.

Translated title of the contribution	Evolution of the Social Credit System: Three Functions through the Lens of Public Law
Original language	German
Title of host publication	Super-Scoring? Datengetriebene Sozialtechnologien als neue Bildungsherausforderung
Editors	Harald Gapski, Stephan Packard
Place of Publication	Munich
Publisher	Grimme-Institut – Gesellschaft für Medien, Bildung und Kultur mbH
Pages	35-51
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-86736-575-8
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	Super-Scoring? Data-driven Societal Technologies in China and Western-style Democracies as A New Challenge for Education: Interdisciplinary Conference \| 11 October 2019 \| Cologne, Germany - Cologne, Germany Duration: 11 Oct 2019 → 11 Oct 2019 https://www.superscoring.de/2019/

Publication series

Name	Schriftenreihe zur digitalen Gesellschaft NRW
Number	6

Conference

Conference	Super-Scoring? Data-driven Societal Technologies in China and Western-style Democracies as A New Challenge for Education
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Cologne
Period	11/10/19 → 11/10/19
Internet address	https://www.superscoring.de/2019/

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Chen, Y. (2021). Die Entwicklung des Social Credit Systems: zu drei seiner Funktionen aus Sicht des Öffentlichen Rechts. In H. Gapski, & S. Packard (Eds.), Super-Scoring? Datengetriebene Sozialtechnologien als neue Bildungsherausforderung (pp. 35-51). (Schriftenreihe zur digitalen Gesellschaft NRW; No. 6). Grimme-Institut – Gesellschaft für Medien, Bildung und Kultur mbH. https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-72573-2

Chen, Yongxi. / Die Entwicklung des Social Credit Systems: zu drei seiner Funktionen aus Sicht des Öffentlichen Rechts. Super-Scoring? Datengetriebene Sozialtechnologien als neue Bildungsherausforderung. editor / Harald Gapski ; Stephan Packard. Munich : Grimme-Institut – Gesellschaft für Medien, Bildung und Kultur mbH, 2021. pp. 35-51 (Schriftenreihe zur digitalen Gesellschaft NRW; 6).

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Chen, Y 2021, Die Entwicklung des Social Credit Systems: zu drei seiner Funktionen aus Sicht des Öffentlichen Rechts. in H Gapski & S Packard (eds), Super-Scoring? Datengetriebene Sozialtechnologien als neue Bildungsherausforderung. Schriftenreihe zur digitalen Gesellschaft NRW, no. 6, Grimme-Institut – Gesellschaft für Medien, Bildung und Kultur mbH, Munich, pp. 35-51, Super-Scoring? Data-driven Societal Technologies in China and Western-style Democracies as A New Challenge for Education, Cologne, Germany, 11/10/19. <https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-72573-2>

Die Entwicklung des Social Credit Systems: zu drei seiner Funktionen aus Sicht des Öffentlichen Rechts. / Chen, Yongxi.
Super-Scoring? Datengetriebene Sozialtechnologien als neue Bildungsherausforderung. ed. / Harald Gapski; Stephan Packard. Munich: Grimme-Institut – Gesellschaft für Medien, Bildung und Kultur mbH, 2021. p. 35-51 (Schriftenreihe zur digitalen Gesellschaft NRW; No. 6).

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