A top Hong Kong government official has said that mainland China’s social credit system will not be implemented in the city.

Under the social credit system, Chinese citizens are rated with a social score in some regions. Those who fail to pay debts or taxes, fundraise illegally, participate in fraud, or violate traffic regulations may receive punishments such as being barred from buying public transport tickets or booking hotel rooms.

Last Friday, the Guangdong Province government issued a three-year action plan – spanning from 2018 to 2020 – to push forward the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area integration proposal. Section 75 said that the establishment of a social credit system should be sped up in the region.

When Taiwanese media Liberty Times reported the plan on Monday, the newspaper claimed that the social credit system would be implemented in Hong Kong by 2020.

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