‘Black records’ law expands range of violations
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PAY your utility bills on time — or get a black mark beside your name in a government database, municipal officials warned yesterday.
Dodging fares on public transit, cheating on public exams, and giving false information in applications are also on the list of violations that will be covered by a new administrative law aimed at improving the system for monitoring and punishing city residents, companies and organizations.
Luo Peixin, vice director of the Legislative Affairs Office, said those who break the law, which comes into effect on March 1, may be denied access to public funds, while those who abide by it could enjoy benefits including simplified administrative procedures and tax reductions.
The new law was approved by the local government at the end of December after being trialed from June 2015.
“Black records” will expire automatically after five years and only those aged 18 and over will have their names entered into the database operated by Shanghai’s Economy and Information Commission.
Since the database was established in 2013, more than 300 million information entries about 24 million individuals have been made by Shanghai’s various government bureaus and public service units. A further 10.46 million entries concerning corporations were made over the same period.
The government is not permitted to use the database to collect information about an individual’s religion and health or store fingerprints.
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