China's State Council issues the Social Credit System planning outline (2014–2020)

China's State Council issued its Social Credit System planning outline on 14 June 2014, setting goals for 2014–2020. The document called for shared credit records and mechanisms to reward trust-keeping and punish breaches across government and commercial activity. DigiChina carries Rogier Creemers' translation of the outline, which set a 2020 target for the basic legal and information-sharing framework. The illustrative photograph shows Zhongnanhai in 2005. Image: Kallgan, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.