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Recently, the health code of the depositors of village and town banks in Henan Province, and owners of suspended buildings, has become red. Although media reports have traced the rights protection background of more and more residents who have “turned red” with their health codes, the driving force behind them remains a mystery. The public calls for accountability are high, and the provincial capital Zhengzhou Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection said that it has launched an investigation and accountability process, and that any irregularities found to violate the “Henan Province New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Health Code Management Measures” will be severely dealt with in accordance with regulations, disciplines and laws. .
Who controls the red code?
Recently, a number of bank depositors and owners of suspended real estate in Henan have defended their rights and found that their health codes have become red, detonating public opinion on the Internet. Many netizens believe that the health code, which has been used in the past two years to prevent the epidemic, has become a “stability maintenance” tool for the authorities.
According to mainland media reports, some of these residents whose health codes have turned red are depositors of Henan Rural Banks. Because these banks have recently experienced a capital crisis, these depositors are preparing to defend their rights and reflect their experiences; the other part are owners of buildings that have stopped construction because they are worried The house was unfinished, and I went to the Henan Provincial Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission to submit relevant materials to reflect the problem.
The process of “transcoding” is also confusing. Qin Hong (pseudonym), the owner of the suspended real estate, was quoted by China Economic Weekly as saying that her Yukang code (Henan version health code) also turned red on June 12. Because of the inconvenience of travel, she followed the requirements of the community and made two Second nucleic acid and sign a letter of guarantee to ensure that: there is no deposit in the village bank, and no online or offline petition is guaranteed.
Her health code then turned green, but turned red again within an hour. She also couldn’t understand the response of the community staff: “The community told me that it is estimated that the department with more authority does not allow us to change the green code for the time being, and they dare not operate in this case.”
“Henan Daily” reported on June 14 that the upgraded version of the Henan Health Code System was constructed under the guidance of the Provincial Administrative Approval and Government Information Administration, with professional technical support provided by Zhengshi Network Technology Co., Ltd.
However, the Henan Provincial Administrative Examination and Approval and Government Information Administration told the media that it has no right to decide the specific policy of health code assignment. The Henan Provincial Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters and the Henan Provincial Health Commission also stated that they were not aware of the red code incident.
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The staff of the Henan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision said that they have recently received a large number of reports and complaints about the health code “Fuhong”, and have forwarded relevant clues to the Henan Provincial Health and Health Commission for investigation.
Lao Dongyan, a professor at Tsinghua University Law School, pointed out to the media that the use of health codes outside of epidemic prevention is suspected of violating Article 66 of China’s “Infectious Disease Prevention Law” and Article 34 of the “Personal Information Protection Law”. The relevant public officials are suspected of the crime of abuse of power under the Criminal Law.
Internet hot discussion and official media criticism
The incident caused a great deal of repercussions on the Internet. The new crown epidemic has lasted for more than two years, and many people are worried that due to China’s adherence to the “clearing” policy, restrictions on travel through health codes may be further expanded in the future.
Weibo netizens “Sometimes You Die” believe that this incident must be investigated and severely punished. Although the common people have found it inconvenient to prevent the epidemic in recent years, they are still supporting the country’s decision-making and sacrificing the personal self to preserve the big self. “But the Henan Red Code incident has downgraded the simple patriotism of ‘sacrificing one’s ego’. The Henan Red Code incident has made it very clear: ‘Epidemic prevention is inconvenient, if you can’t go out, you can’t walk. It’s not a patriotic move, it’s a method of some departments, if you get a red code, you get a red code, just like petitioning and not allowing you to take the train back then.'”
Netizen “Xiaomi Xierme” believes that the Hongma incident in Henan is more serious than the beating incident in Tangshan. “Tangshan reflects the in-depth level of social security and umbrella issues, as well as the contradictions in today’s society and the anxiety in the post-epidemic era. The Henan Red Code incident is extremely harmful, and he has fundamentally shaken the people’s trust in the government, which is already endangering The country is safe. Once the social structure is changed and people’s trust becomes lower, then the society may be shaken…”
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A comment on the overseas edition of the People’s Daily, the Communist Party’s newspaper, “Xia Ke Dao” pointed out that assigning red codes to people at will should be severely punished.
“China’s great achievements in epidemic prevention and control are based on efficient and accurate scientific means and general compliance with policies and rules. The health code can be regarded as the information infrastructure for epidemic prevention and control. Some people, based on their own governance ‘small goals’, Playing tricks and tricks will not only be useless, but will also break the trust of the people. “The people can’t stand without trust”. The loss of credibility because of a small calculation is not a price that can be measured by money, nor is it ‘shaking cleverness’ People can afford it,” the article noted.
The magazine “Ban Yue Tan” sponsored by the official Xinhua News Agency also pointed out that the incident in Henan revealed the dangerous tendency of “willful power”, and warned that the standardized use of health codes must be strengthened.
“The health code is an important part of the epidemic prevention and control system. It is the result of everyone’s transfer of rights for their own and public health. The purpose of their existence can only be epidemic prevention and control. This is the consensus of the whole society. Anyone, any department, Neither has the right to break through the role set by the health code for public health, and use the health code for other purposes,” the comments said.