What is the result of introducing 'AI system to detect corruption of bureaucracy' in China?

by Kevin Ku

There are a large number of government officials in China with a huge population and extensive land area, according to analysts that the number exceeds 64 million people. In such China, in order to prevent corruption of bureaucrats, anti-corruption AI system called " Zero Trust " is beginning to be introduced, but in some areas where Zero Trust was introduced the system was abolished by bureaucrats It is reported that there is also.

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In advanced highly developed information society, government agencies actively adopt latest technology in China. For example, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has introduced a system using machine learning to support the risk assessment and decision making of overseas investment projects by the Chinese government. In addition to monitoring cameras equipped with facial recognition functions in various parts of the country, it is said that in the Guizhou Province the cloud system records the movements of police officers in real time with biological information.

Furthermore, a major communication like ZTE is developing technology using a new block chain to prevent alteration of government data by unauthorized persons. Xi Jinping Jintao in the government reform of China, we have preached repeatedly the need to use the latest technologies such as big data and AI.

Therefore, in order to prevent corruption of the bureaucracy, the Chinese government cooperated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the internal control institution of the Chinese Communist Party to develop anti-corruption system using AI called "Zero Trust". Zero Trust is able to monitor and evaluate the work and personal lives of civil servants and also to access the confidential database of the Chinese government and municipalities.

by Dickson Phua

According to researchers involved in Zero Trust, by analyzing and analyzing the behavior of government officials, social relations of bureaucrats in various stages will emerge. Researchers say Zero Trust is very useful in discovering corruption such as suspicious transfers of property, construction of infringement, acquisition of land, dismantling of houses.

If Zero Trust finds an abnormal increase in the account balance of a bureaucrat, purchases a new car abruptly, or bidding for a government project by a bureaucrat or his relative, the degree of suspicion is calculated and corruption It judges whether it exists or not. Zero Trust finds discrepancies in various data and not only finds evidence that bureaucrats have donated funds or altered data, but in order to investigate whether local road construction was done normally, satellite image Researchers insist that it is also possible to call.

A warning is sent to the authorities when the bureaucracy's corruption is detected by Zero Trust and contacted the bureaucrat in advance before the officials in charge have scrutinized the warning and before the "corruption that can not be turned back" is done Scientists involved in Zero Trust development said it would prevent corruption.

On the other hand, the weak point in the AI system not limited to Zero Trust is that it is difficult to logically explain the course leading up to the conclusion. Zero Trust pointed out that "there is a danger of corruption in this official," and final checks need to be done by human staff.

by Japanexperterna.se

For the moment Zero Trust is limited to 30 prefectures and cities, and it is only 1% from the administrative area of China as a whole. The concerned municipality is that there are many poor areas away from political power of China, such as Miaoyang Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Hunan Province .

Zero Trust was introduced only in the region of about 1% of China, but since the introduction in 2012 it has been confirmed that as many as 8721 government officials have used corruption such as embezzlement, abuse of power, abuse of government funds, It has been pointed out that it was involved. Although some people received imprisonment, many bureaucrats have done with warnings and minor penalties and continue to continue working.

However, it is reported that some local governments stopped using Zero Trust. One researcher says that Zero Trust's operation has been stopped by the bureaucrats himself, saying, "Bureaucrats are not comfortable thinking that they are being monitored by the latest technology" .

by James Wheeler

Hunan Yasushisato City Chinese Communist Party discipline inspection committees are still things that it is one of the few institutions that continue to operate the Zero Trust. Zhang Yi of the committee said, "We are under pressure to operate Zero Trust," the main objective of Zero Trust is not in the disciplinary punishment, but in the early stages of corruption bureaucrats It is said to rescue.

According to Mr. Zhang, the result of Zero Trust is merely a reference, it seems that it is the role of human being to verify the validity by verifying it. "Zero Trust can not make phone calls when problems arise, the final decision will be made by humans," Zhang said.

Zero Trust which is currently being operated in some local governments, but the future is doubtful. In addition to being abolished by some local governments, researchers are also looking at the fact that Zero Trust is unlikely to spread nationwide in the current situation where the municipalities that operate also feel a lot of pressure.

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