OWNERS who refuse to, or fail to dismantle illegal structures by a designated time will be included in the city’s untrustworthy list and will be restricted from going overseas, purchasing properties, taking flights for holiday travel and reserving star-level hotels.

The latest government gazette unveiled Wednesday that a joint punishment mechanism will take effect Oct. 1 to publish seven types of behaviors that lose public credit.

According to the public credit management rule, the behaviors include those that threaten the health of people and public safety in sectors such as food and medicine, ecological environment, engineering quality, work safety and firefighting safety.

Those behaviors also include violations of the technical standards of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone and those that endanger Shenzhen quality, infringe on IPRs, and violate business registration rules on engaging in business without, or with an invalid, license. Having been blacklisted in an industry, or listed engaging in abnormal business operations, will also result in public credit loss.

The targeted behaviors also include those that seriously disrupt market competition or social order, such as tax evasion, owing back wages, illegal fundraising, making counterfeit products and disrupting cyber space.

According to the rule, those who correct their behaviors within the designated time will not be punished. (Han Ximin)