ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the various dimensions and aspects of China's social credit by analysing data obtained from a questionnaire survey. As the most important and essential part of the social credit system, market credit covers the absolute majority of the content of social credit, that is to say, it is both directly related to the everyday life of average people, and it is the most important extension of government credit in socio-public domains. Whether politics–government credit takes root in the public political domain may be defined as a reflection of the abstract and general assessment of specific institutions, organisations, and social groups by the general public. In addition, experts and specialists in relevant fields that embody professionalism and a heterogeneous social nature have failed to establish professional standards and a fine image. All in all, social-charity causes have yet to become an independently operating field of high credit in Chinese society today.
