1. Credit investigation is an activity of collecting, sorting, saving and processing the credit information of natural persons, legal persons and other organizations according to law, providing credit reports, credit evaluation and other services to help customers judge and control credit risks and conduct credit management.
Second, credit investigation is to establish credit files for individuals or enterprises by professional and independent third-party institutions, which provides a platform for professional credit investigation institutions to enjoy credit information.
Third, credit investigation records personal credit behavior in the past, which will affect personal economic activities in the future. These behaviors are reflected in personal credit reports, which are often referred to as "credit records". Until 20 12, there is not a single law or regulation in China's current legal system to provide a direct basis for credit investigation. On June 5438+ 10, 2009, the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council promulgated the Regulations on Credit Management (Draft for Comment), and solicited opinions from all walks of life on the Regulations on Credit Management.
Fourth, the emergence of credit activities stems from the emergence and development of credit transactions. Credit is a special form of value movement based on repayment, including currency lending and commodity credit sales, such as bank credit and commercial credit. Modern economy is a credit economy, and credit, as a specific economic transaction, is the product of the development of commodity economy to a certain stage. The essence of credit is a creditor-debtor relationship, that is, the lender (creditor) believes that the trustee (debtor) has the repayment ability and agrees to the promise of future repayment made by the trustee. However, when the commodity economy is highly developed and the scope of credit transactions is increasingly extensive, especially when credit transactions spread to the whole country and even the whole world, it will be extremely difficult for one party to know the credit status of the other party. At this time, understanding the credit status of market participants has become a demand, and credit investigation activities have also emerged.
Fifthly, it can be seen that credit investigation is actually produced and developed with the emergence and development of commodity economy, and it is a credit information service provided for credit activities.