The 2nd plenary meeting of SAC/TC 470, Social credit, was held in Beijing on December 22 in hybrid forms, with the main venue set at China National Institute of Standardization (CNIS). More than 50 members attended the meeting, who are from the Department of Finance and Credit Construction of National Development and Reform Commission, the Executive Office of Supreme People’s Court, and the Insurance Business Management Center of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, colleges and universities, research institutions, industrial associations, and enterprises.

Zhou Li, Researcher from the Branch of Quality Research, CNIS, reported the work of SAC/TC 470 in 2023 on behalf of the secretariat. The participants discussed in depth about the national standards to be developed in the field of social credit and the main work in 2024, concluding the key points of work in the new year.

There is still a long way to establish the standards system on social credit, and the leaders and members need to cooperate to reach a consensus. Holding the secretariat, CNIS will strengthen the communication with all departments and parties, actively pool resources, support and serve the members, and constantly improve the performance and effectiveness of research, development and implementation of social credit standards, promoting the orderly and rapid development of standardization of social credit, said Jiang Jiadong, Vice President of CNIS.

Participating members reviewed and approved the draft of two national standards for the unified social credit code information and the construction of unified social credit code platform, as well as related documents.

Source: China Standardizaiton Magazine, issue 1 in 2024