２００１年５月２９日，来自汕头市党政机关、群众团体、工商企业界代表举行郑重的信用签名形式，向全社会发出倡议：重建社会信用重塑汕头形象从自身做起。此次各界代表联合发起的信用签名活动，旨在以自我教育的形式，唤起全社会更多干部群众响应和遵守信用宣言，带头为营造? On May 29, 2001, representatives from the party and government organs, mass organizations and business circles in Shantou held a solemn letter of credit signature and issued an initiative to the whole society: to rebuild social credit and reshape Shantou’s image from itself. The credit signature activities jointly launched by representatives from all walks of life are designed to arouse more cadres and the masses across the society in the form of self-education to respond to and comply with the credit declaration and take the lead in creating the credit declaration.