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-recordLive
MPS Rules for Public Security Video Information Systemsprimary-recordUnavailable
Personal Information Protection Law of the PRCprimary-recordLive
Data Security Law of the PRCprimary-recordLive
Provisions on the Administration of Internet User Account Informationprimary-recordLive
Provisions on Algorithmic Recommendation in Internet Information Servicesprimary-recordLive
China's Algorithms of Repression: Reverse Engineering a Xinjiang Police Apptechnical-researchLive
We Chat, They Watchtechnical-researchLive
Censored Contagion IItechnical-researchLive
OHCHR Assessment of Human Rights Concerns in Xinjiangofficial-findingLive
Treasury Sanctions on Biometric Surveillance Technologyofficial-findingLive
2024 Country Report on Human Rights Practices: Chinagovernment-reportLive
Official Accountability Record on the Henan Red-Code Incidentprimary-recordRedirected
Investigation into Red Health Codes Assigned to Henan Bank Depositorsinvestigative-reportingLive
CECC 2025 Annual Reportgovernment-reportLive
Human Rights Watch Report on Detained White Paper Protestersinvestigative-reportingLive
Amnesty International Interviews One Year after the White Paper Movementinvestigative-reportingLive