Blood donations not appropriate as part of social credit record

IN A DOCUMENT ON FURTHER PROMOTING voluntary blood donations issued on Nov 14, the National Health Commission encouraged local authorities to explore incorporating voluntary blood donations into the personal credit system. China Daily writer Wang Yiqing comments:

The document has the good intention of promoting the behavior of voluntary blood donations by providing blood donors preferential treatment in the use of public facilities. But the problem is whether or not incorporating voluntary blood donations into the personal credit system is appropriate or not.

Credit reports relate to financial and business activities. A document on the construction of a social credit system issued by the State Council, China's Cabinet, in 2007, clearly points out that the construction of the social credit system should focus on credit and loans, tax payments, contract compliance and product quality. Individual credit reports are a personal credit file established by the central bank, which mainly focus on citizens' economic behavior in fulfilling their part of a contract. Donating blood is voluntary behavior that has nothing to do with people's creditworthiness.