Credit City (New Forms of 21st Century Cities Series)

Author: Wang Yi, Gu Zhiyong
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: This book starts by analyzing the definition, generation mechanism, and existing elements of credit, combining China's actual situation with the experience of developed countries to explore the general principles of credit construction and the specific ideas of building credit cities. The construction of a credit city is a challenging and complex systematic project, and the content of this book only involves some aspects of this project. For example: How to truly establish an effective credit mechanism to regulate the behavior of various economic entities and prevent the occurrence of acts of bad faith? Why did the credit system developed United States experience the Enron scandal? What deep-seated problems should credit construction ultimately address? In summary, building a credit system and creating a credit city involves all aspects of social and economic life, and the task is quite arduous, requiring the attention and research of numerous scholars. The authors take this book as a starting point to join the research tradition of credit construction in China and contribute a small part to the country's credit-building efforts. The book introduces the basic theory of credit cities and international experiences in building credit cities; it also focuses on analyzing the causes of credit deficiency in the current state of Chinese cities and proposing governance strategies; it describes the construction of a credit city system composed of three subsystems: a credit government, credit enterprises, and credit citizens, as well as the institutional and cultural safeguards for credit cities.