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A Review of the History of Chinese Administrative Law Thought
Yang Zhang
Zhejiang Gongshang University Law School, Hangzhou 310018, Zhejiang, China.
*Corresponding author: Yang Zhang
Published: August 8,2025
Abstract
Over the past 40 years, jurists have been focusing on the research and development of administrative procedures and the legal rights and interests of the people, and have always adhered to the lofty position of maintaining the legal rights and interests of the people in the process of administrative reform and opening-up, and have been committed to solving the problems of the rule of law. The ideological history of Chinese administrative law shows four theoretical characteristics, namely, people-oriented, innovative, fair and practical.
Keywords
History of administrative law thought; Affinity to the people; Innovativeness; Impartiality; Practicalness
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A Review of the History of Chinese Administrative Law Thought
How to cite this paper: Yang Zhang. (2025). A Review of the History of Chinese Administrative Law Thought. International Journal of Law and Social Justice, 1(1), 17-21.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/ijlsj.2025.12.004