《中华人民共和国行政处罚法》经八届全国人大四次会议通过,将于今年10月1日实施。这是我国继行政诉讼法、国家赔偿法之后又一部重要的行政法律。它的制定和实施,是我国行政法制建设中的一件大事,也是加强我国社会主义民主法制建设的一个重要步骤。行政处罚,又称行政罚,是指国家行政机关对违反行政法律、法规但尚未构成犯罪的公民、法人或其他组织依法给予的具有惩罚性的制裁。随着改革开放深入和现代化建设的发展,行政机关承担着越来越多的行政管理工作,涉及经济和社会生活的各个方面。除了采用行政的、经济的手段加强行政管理外,国家还制定了一系列行政法律、法规,规范管理相对人的行为。通过 The “Administrative Punishment Law of the People’s Republic of China” passed by the Fourth Session of the Eighth NPC and will be implemented on October 1 this year. This is another important administrative law in our country following the Administrative Procedure Law and the State Compensation Law. Its formulation and implementation are a major event in the construction of China’s administrative legal system and an important step in strengthening the building of a socialist democratic legal system in our country. Administrative punishment, also known as administrative penalty, refers to punitive sanctions granted by citizens, legal persons or other organizations legally given by the state administrative organs to citizens who violate administrative laws and regulations but have not yet constituted a crime. With the deepening of reform and opening up and the development of modernization, the executive authorities have undertaken more and more administrative work, covering all aspects of economic and social life. In addition to using administrative, economic means to strengthen administration, the state has also formulated a series of administrative laws and regulations, normative management of relative behavior. by