今年3月八届全国人大四次会议审议通过的行政处罚法,对行政处罚的基本原则、行政处罚的设定、实施行政处罚的机关、行政处罚的程序等,作了全方位的明确规定,这对规范政府行为,促进政府转变职能,改进行政管理工作,提高依法行政水平,加强廉政建设,维护社会安定,密切政府与人民群众的关系,保障和推动社会主义市场经济体制的建立和逐步完善,都具有重大的意义。行政处罚法是国家的一部基本法律,它对行政机关实施行政处罚的行为加以全面规范,其宗旨是包括两个方面的:既保障行政机关有效实施行政管理,维护公共利益和社会秩序,又保护公民、法人和其他组织的合法权益。行政机关在行政管理工作中,对违反行政管理秩序的行为依法给予必要的行政处罚,对于保证法律、法规的实施,纠正违法行为,维护公共利益 The Administrative Punishment Law passed by the Fourth Session of the Eighth National People’s Congress in March this year made clear and comprehensive stipulations on the basic principles of administrative punishment, the establishment of administrative penalties, the organs for implementing administrative punishment and the procedures for administrative sanctions. This will standardize the government’s actions, promote the government’s transformation of its functions, improve administrative work, raise the level of administration according to law, strengthen the building of a clean and honest government, safeguard social stability, keep a close relationship between the government and the people, safeguard and promote the establishment and gradual improvement of the socialist market economic system , All of great significance. The law of administrative penalty is a basic law of the country, which comprehensively standardizes the administrative punishment imposed by administrative organs. Its purpose is to include two aspects: it not only guarantees the effective implementation of administrative management by administrative organs, safeguarding public interests and social order, Protect the legitimate rights and interests of citizens, legal persons and other organizations. In administrative work, an administrative organ shall give the necessary administrative punishment to the acts that violate the order of administrative affairs in accordance with the law, and ensure the implementation of laws and regulations, correct the illegal acts and safeguard public interests