[euleriancon]

You're completely right, it is very similar to the western style credit score, and is often either accidentally or deliberately misrepresented. That being said, it covers behaviors not covered by western credit scores that does have elements of tracking "how good of a citizen are you".

I think this article from Beijing University does a great job of highlighting some of the issues.

Web page:

https://fzzfyjy.cupl.edu.cn/info/1035/11343.htm

Pdf: https://www.law.pku.edu.cn/docs/20210927092933450384.pdf