New evaluation system gets low marks
By Chen Xingjie |
March 27, 2010, Saturday
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OFFICIALS in an east China county are defending a new personal evaluation system for the county's 1.3 million population and the publishing of the evaluation results, including residents' names, addresses and such blemishes as jaywalk records and delays in paying gas bills.
The system, which cost the government of Suining County, Jiangsu Province's Xuzhou City, 800,000 yuan (US$117,182) to develop, is to encourage people to mind their behavior and be honest, Zhu Pinwu, the official in charge of the system, told the Nanfang Metropolis Daily.
In the latest evaluation report published on the March 22 issue of the local newspaper Suining Today, residents were rated A to D according to their points.
Those rated A or B were evaluated as good behavior and will get favorable policies when applying for business licenses, car licenses, banking loans and education, Zhu said.
For those rated C and D, local governments, banks and authorities were encouraged to give stricter scrutiny. There were 24 people rated C and D in the county.
The system has sparked a wide outcry about breaching privacy.
Not only was their personal information such as names and addresses published, but the reasons that points were gained or lost.
For example, those who help introduce investment to the local government were awarded an extra 20 points while those refusing to pay their telephone bills had 20 points deducted.
Zhu dismissed the accusation, saying the government is very careful when publishing the information. Such records as prostitution were not published, he said.
In all, 1,926 reasons for deductions were listed on the report, mainly involving delays in paying gas bills and bank loans, breaching traffic rules and bearing a second child against the country's rule, according to Zhu.
The system, which cost the government of Suining County, Jiangsu Province's Xuzhou City, 800,000 yuan (US$117,182) to develop, is to encourage people to mind their behavior and be honest, Zhu Pinwu, the official in charge of the system, told the Nanfang Metropolis Daily.
In the latest evaluation report published on the March 22 issue of the local newspaper Suining Today, residents were rated A to D according to their points.
Those rated A or B were evaluated as good behavior and will get favorable policies when applying for business licenses, car licenses, banking loans and education, Zhu said.
For those rated C and D, local governments, banks and authorities were encouraged to give stricter scrutiny. There were 24 people rated C and D in the county.
The system has sparked a wide outcry about breaching privacy.
Not only was their personal information such as names and addresses published, but the reasons that points were gained or lost.
For example, those who help introduce investment to the local government were awarded an extra 20 points while those refusing to pay their telephone bills had 20 points deducted.
Zhu dismissed the accusation, saying the government is very careful when publishing the information. Such records as prostitution were not published, he said.
In all, 1,926 reasons for deductions were listed on the report, mainly involving delays in paying gas bills and bank loans, breaching traffic rules and bearing a second child against the country's rule, according to Zhu.
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