Published: 12:00am, 4 Feb, 2019 Updated: 5:18am, 5 Feb, 2019
China 's AI - based anti - corruption system , Zero Trust , has already helped catch 8,731 bureaucrats engaging in corruption . Zero Trust uses more than 150 computer databases to assess the work and personal lives of millions of government workers in 30 counties and cities , meaning it can help detect suspicious property transfers , land acquisitions and infrastructure building . But some counties , including the governments in Huaihua city , Mayang county and Li county in Hunan , have already decommissioned the system due to not feeling " quite comfortable " , according to a researcher involved in the programme .