Article 1 In order to prevent and correct illegal or improper administrative acts, protect the legitimate rights and interests of citizens, legal persons and other organizations, supervise and guarantee the administrative organs to exercise their functions and powers according to law, play the role of administrative reconsideration as the main channel to resolve administrative disputes, and promote the construction of a government ruled by law, this law is formulated in accordance with the Constitution.

Article 2 If a citizen, a legal person or any other organization considers that an administrative act of an administrative organ infringes upon his or its lawful rights and interests, it shall file an application for administrative reconsideration with the administrative reconsideration organ, and this Law shall be applicable to the handling of administrative reconsideration cases by the administrative reconsideration organ.

The administrative acts referred to in the preceding paragraph include the administrative acts of organizations authorized by laws, regulations and rules.

Article 3 The work of administrative reconsideration shall adhere to the leadership of the Communist Party of China.

When performing administrative reconsideration duties, administrative reconsideration organs shall follow the principles of legality, fairness, openness, high efficiency, convenience for the people, and for the people, insist on correcting errors, and ensure the correct implementation of laws and regulations.

Article 4 The people's governments at or above the county level and other administrative organs that perform administrative reconsideration duties in accordance with this Law are administrative reconsideration organs.

The administrative reconsideration organ is the administrative reconsideration organ. The administrative reconsideration body shall, at the same time, organize and handle the administrative response matters of the administrative reconsideration organ.

The administrative reconsideration organ shall strengthen the administrative reconsideration work, support and guarantee the administrative reconsideration organ to perform its duties according to law. The administrative reconsideration body at a higher level shall guide and supervise the administrative reconsideration work of the administrative reconsideration body at a lower level.

The administrative reconsideration body of the State Council may issue guiding cases for administrative reconsideration.

Article 5 An administrative reconsideration organ may conduct mediation in handling administrative reconsideration cases.