Development of Legal Enforcement of the State System for Determining Social Creditworthiness in Modern China

Abstract

In the presented article, the author identified the main directions and conceptual approaches in the field of legal enforcement for the proper functioning of the system for determining social creditworthiness under the laws of the People’s Republic of China, positive opportunities and prospects for its implementation, as well as legal optimization of regulatory measures aimed at reducing risks that arise and сould arise in the future, which may entail a violation of the rights of the individual, especially the right to protection of personnel data. The research methodology is based on defining and specifying violations taken into account when determining the current social rating of citizens, in their direct connection with the protection of the rights and legally protected interests of the individual. The scientific novelty of the research is determined by the author's proposals aimed at improving the legal support of the social rating considered in the work in relation to the current Chinese legislation, as well as to the legislative regulation of similar types of ratings in other countries that have introduced elements of such a system and continue their further development. The author comes to the conclusion that an objective need to investigate in more detail the basis of the legal support of this social rating system in cooperation with human rights, as well as combating corruption and acts of terrorism, other crimes and crime prevention arises.