China's Supreme Court announced that in the past four years, China has restricted nearly 7 million people from flying and high-speed rail to punish them for not paying their debts. Now that the whole people have entered the era of credit, for those old Lai who do not pay back their debts, their travel will be restricted in the future.
This is a big part of China's social credit system that will eventually be set up through the 'punishment of misconduct' system. The travel ban against debtors has been described as an important first step to establish the structural linkages needed to implement such a comprehensive monitoring programme.
Meng Xiang, director of the Executive Bureau of the Supreme Court, told the official media yesterday that the Supreme People's court signed a memorandum with 44 units, realizing multi-level restrictions on those who break their promises. The memorandum was also signed by major banks and the Ministry of public security.
Since 2013, the Supreme Court has run a 'dishonest' blacklist of long-term debtors, requiring them to repay their debts. A total of 6.73 million dishonest people were included in the list, all of whom were banned from flying and high-speed rail.
The ban is effective by restricting the number of personal identification cards; in China, the purchase of air tickets, tickets, boarding and boarding procedures requires Hotel ID number. Anyone can enter a person's full name and identity card number on the website of the Supreme Court to search for blacklists.
Besides defaulting on debts, lying in court, concealing personal assets and committing a series of other crimes will also be blacklisted.
China's courts say the lack of a personal bankruptcy law and a comprehensive financial credit system limits the government's ability to enforce economic penalties, so a social credit system is needed to control the country's bad debts, both personal and corporate.
However, some critics believe that the social credit system aims to implement social control and political loyalty by binding expected outcomes (such as obtaining bank loans or job promotion) with patriotic behavior.