Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei advances social credit system

Top courts in Beijing and Tianjin soon plan to release a map of delinquent debtors as a mini program on WeChat.

The move comes after Hebei province introduced its own deadbeat map identifying such debtors in January in a preliminary step toward establishing a credit system in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. Mini programs are sub-applications within the WeChat social media system.

The construction of the regional social credit system is progressing rapidly because it is an important part of optimizing the regional business environment, said Zhang Yuhang, director of the social credit system construction department at the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology.