Institution File
Street-Level Stability Centers, Communities, and Grid Systems
The grassroots network connecting superior tasks, digital platforms, and physical addresses.
Contents
Formal position
Streets, communities, stability centers, and grid workers handle services, dispute checks, emergencies, and stability tasks, with local variation.
Authority and tools
Tools include population ledgers, visits, hotline tickets, platform dispatch, video review, designated-person lists, and cross-agency coordination.
Interfaces with other bodies
Police, civil affairs, health, education, property management, and employers use the network to locate people, deliver services, or enforce restrictions.
Power logic
Grids turn broad political and administrative requirements into household-level action and return results upward. Shared infrastructure for service and control allows boundaries to change with the task.
Evidence limits
Local systems vary substantially, so one city cannot define national practice. Task origin, consequences of refusal, and data retention require local verification. [1] [2]
Sources
- Regulation on Public Security Video Image Information Systemsprimary-record
- MPS Rules for Public Security Video Information Systemsprimary-record
- Personal Information Protection Law of the PRCprimary-record
- Data Security Law of the PRCprimary-record
- Provisions on the Administration of Internet User Account Informationprimary-record
- Provisions on Algorithmic Recommendation in Internet Information Servicesprimary-record
- China's Algorithms of Repression: Reverse Engineering a Xinjiang Police Apptechnical-research
- We Chat, They Watchtechnical-research
- Censored Contagion IItechnical-research
- OHCHR Assessment of Human Rights Concerns in Xinjianggovernment-report
- Treasury Sanctions on Biometric Surveillance Technologyofficial-finding
- 2024 Country Report on Human Rights Practices: Chinagovernment-report
- Official Accountability Record on the Henan Red-Code Incidentprimary-record
- Investigation into Red Health Codes Assigned to Henan Bank Depositorsinvestigative-reporting
- CECC 2025 Annual Reportgovernment-report
- Human Rights Watch Report on Detained White Paper Protestersinvestigative-reporting
- Amnesty International Interviews One Year after the White Paper Movementinvestigative-reporting