Guidelines, typical cases issued on enhancing supervision of administrative reconsideration to regulate enterprise-related administrative law enforcement

The Ministry of Justice, in collaboration with the National Development and Reform Commission and the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, recently issued the guidelines to further strengthen the supervisory role of administrative reconsideration in regulating enterprise-related administrative law enforcement, along with a batch of typical cases in this regard.

The special campaign to regulate enterprise-related administrative law enforcement is a major decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council. The Private Sector Promotion Law, which took effect on May 20, 2025, explicitly calls for continuously fostering a stable, fair, transparent, and predictable environment for the development of the private sector and of promoting sustained, healthy, and high-quality growth of the private economy.

In line with the requirements for advancing the campaign and implementing the Private Sector Promotion Law, the guidelines provide a comprehensive summary of practical experience in using administrative reconsideration to serve the high-quality development of enterprises.

The guidelines outline 22 specific measures across seven key areas: overall requirements, identifying priority areas for supervising enterprise-related law enforcement, enhancing the role of administrative reconsideration in resolving enterprise-related administrative disputes, deepening the substantive resolution of enterprise-related administrative disputes, improving the standardization and effectiveness of enterprise-related administrative reconsideration, strengthening case-driven governance, and coordinating efforts to regulate enterprise-related law enforcement. These measures provide comprehensive guidance for strengthening enterprise-related administrative reconsideration work and enhancing the standards of enterprise-related administrative law enforcement.

In addition, the 10 typical cases released alongside the guidelines highlight the significant progress made by local authorities in leveraging administrative reconsideration to support high-quality enterprise development. They serve as a reference for local administrative reconsideration agencies, enterprise-related administrative departments, and industry and commerce federations to further enhance coordination, efficiently handle enterprise-related administrative reconsideration cases, properly resolve administrative disputes, protect the legitimate rights and interests of all market entities on an equal basis in accordance with the law, and promote improvements in enterprise-related administrative law enforcement.