《中华人民共和国行政处罚法》规定了听证程序,这是我国通过立法,第一次确立行政处罚听证制度。《行政处罚法》明确规定:行政执法机关作出责令停产停业、吊销许可证或者执照、较大数额罚款等行政处罚决定之前,应当告知当事人有要求举行听证的权利,当事人要求听证的,行政机关应当组织听证。这是我国社会主义民主法制建设的重要举措,是行政机关加强廉政建设,提高执法水平,保障公民、法人或其他组织合法权益的必然要求。省政府为做好这项工作发布了《湖北省行政处罚听证规则》(第131号令)。各地各部门认真落实这个《规则》,对正确实施行政处罚,规范行政执法行为起 The “Administrative Punishment Law of the People’s Republic of China” stipulates the hearing procedure, which is the first time that China has passed the law to establish a hearing system for administrative punishment. The Administrative Punishment Law clearly stipulates that: Before the administrative law enforcement organ makes a decision of suspending production, suspending a business license, or revoking a permit or a large amount of fines, it shall inform the parties of the right to request a hearing, and if the parties require a hearing, the administrative organ shall Organizational hearing. This is an important measure for the building of a socialist democracy and legal system in our country and an inevitable requirement for the executive authorities to strengthen the building of an honest and clean government, raise the level of law enforcement, and safeguard the lawful rights and interests of citizens, legal persons and other organizations. The provincial government issued the “Regulations on Hearing of Administrative Punishment in Hubei Province” (Order No. 131) in order to do this well. All localities and departments to conscientiously implement the “rules”, the correct implementation of administrative penalties, standardize administrative law enforcement acts