Platform-Based Governance: Exploring Relational, Contextual, and Temporal Dimensions of China’s Social Credit Systems

• In Event: In-Depth Case Studies of Local Politics in China

Brief Overview

Rongcheng Fen and Qianjiang Fen show China’s social credit pilots evolving from point ledgers to modular platforms in three phases (2016–25): early divergence, policy-driven convergence, then interoperable, algorithmic systems shaped by local norms.

Author

• Yiping Cao, University of Edinburgh