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China social credit started out as something like a credit score where you would get beneficial services/rates with a better score from lenders such as Sesame Credit.
The government took that and applied it to many spheres of the society in a pilot program. I don't know how it is today since I haven't looked into that since 2019.
So when you have some car insurers, for example, that offer to put a gps device in your car in exchange for better rates, this is how the social credit system started through private companies.