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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

  1. Regulation on Public Security Video Image Information Systemsprimary-record
  2. MPS Rules for Public Security Video Information Systemsprimary-record
  3. Personal Information Protection Law of the PRCprimary-record
  4. Data Security Law of the PRCprimary-record
  5. Provisions on the Administration of Internet User Account Informationprimary-record
  6. Provisions on Algorithmic Recommendation in Internet Information Servicesprimary-record
  7. China's Algorithms of Repression: Reverse Engineering a Xinjiang Police Apptechnical-research
  8. We Chat, They Watchtechnical-research
  9. Censored Contagion IItechnical-research
  10. OHCHR Assessment of Human Rights Concerns in Xinjianggovernment-report
  11. Treasury Sanctions on Biometric Surveillance Technologyofficial-finding
  12. 2024 Country Report on Human Rights Practices: Chinagovernment-report
  13. Official Accountability Record on the Henan Red-Code Incidentprimary-record
  14. Investigation into Red Health Codes Assigned to Henan Bank Depositorsinvestigative-reporting
  15. CECC 2025 Annual Reportgovernment-report
  16. Human Rights Watch Report on Detained White Paper Protestersinvestigative-reporting
  17. Amnesty International Interviews One Year after the White Paper Movementinvestigative-reporting

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