Administrative Punishment of Public Officials Act, 2022

The Law on Administrative Punishment of Public Officials was adopted at the 19th meeting of the 13th NPC Standing Committee on June 20th, 2020. The purpose of legislation is to strengthen the supervision of all public officials who exercise public power, and to promote public officials to perform their duties according to law, exercise their power fairly, be honest in politics and abide by moral ethics.

Legal objectivity:

Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Administrative Punishment of Public Officials Article 1 In order to standardize administrative punishment, strengthen supervision over all public officials who exercise public power, and promote public officials to perform their duties according to law, exercise their rights fairly, be honest in politics and abide by moral norms, according to Article 2 of the Supervision Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), this Law is applicable to the activities of supervisory organs to impose administrative punishment on illegal public officials. Chapters II and III of this Law shall apply to the punishment of illegal public officials by appointment and removal organs and units. Other laws, administrative regulations, departmental rules of the State Council and relevant provisions of the state shall apply to the procedure and appeal of punishment. The term "public official" as mentioned in this Law refers to the person specified in Article 15 of the Supervision Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).