曾几何时,人们为了一个项目几乎要磨破嘴皮跑断腿,耗上数月甚至数年的时间,盖上数十个甚至上百个公章,才算过了政府的“审批关”。如今,随着《行政许可法》的颁布实施,这种“马拉松”式的“跑审批”现象将大大改观。依照此法,老百姓还可以破天荒地对政府的不当行为说“不”。为行政许可立法:势在必行的选择早在19世纪上半叶,英、美、法等国家就开始对诸多领域设定行政许可制度。20世纪30年代爆发的大规模经济危机,不但对当时的世界经济产生了巨大震动,同时也宣告了主张“市场是一支看不见的手”的自由放任经济理论的破产,从而导致 Once upon a time, people spent almost months or even years trying to break a leg for a project, covering dozens or even hundreds of official seals. Today, with the promulgation and implementation of the Law on Administrative Licensing, this kind of “marathon” type approval will be greatly improved. According to this law, ordinary people can also say “No” to the government’s misconduct. Legislation for Administrative Licensing: An Imperative Choice As early as the first half of the 19th century, countries such as Britain, the United States, and France began to set administrative licensing systems in many fields. The large-scale economic crisis that broke out in the 1930s not only caused a tremendous shake-up of the then global economy but also declared the bankruptcy of the theory of laissez-faire that “the market is an invisible hand.” As a result,