Reining in Coercive Power
By WANG HAIRONG
【期刊名称】北京周报（英文版） 【年(卷),期】2011(054)031 【总页数】1
Law furthers administration system
On June 30, the Standing Committee of the 11th National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s top legislature, adopted the Law on Administrative Coercion at its 21st meeting.
“The law stipulates specific procedures and limits for implementing administrative coercive measures, which is of significant importance to regulate the work of administrative agencies and ensure the legal rights of citizens, corporations and other organizations,” said Wu Bangguo, Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee.
To further its objective of establishing an administrative system based frmly on the rule of law, China has enacted a series of administrative laws over the past three decades, such as the Administrative Review Law and the Administrative Procedure Law.
With the passing of this latest law, China’s legal framework regarding the administrative power of government agencies is now complete, said the Xinhua News Agency.
The law will come into force on January 1, 2012.
Reining in Coercive Power
