According to the Administrative Trial Report of the Supreme People’s Court of China, from 2016 to September 2024, a total of 2.421 million first-instance administrative cases have been heard and 1.841 million administrative non-litigation enforcement cases have been handled.

The report shows that the court has heard 316,000 first-instance administrative cases involving administrative licenses, administrative agreements, administrative promises, administrative penalties, etc. that are closely related to business entities, with an average annual increase of 23.3%. Illegal administrative behaviors infringing upon the legitimate rights and interests of all types of business entities have been supervised and corrected, and strong support for administrative agencies in performing their regulatory duties and maintaining market order in accordance with the law were provided by the court. In terms of intellectual property protection, the court has heard 138,000 first-instance administrative cases involving intellectual property rights, with an average annual increase of 20.3%.

It’s reported that the number of first-instance administrative cases in the courts at all levels increased by an average of 5.3% per year since 2016.

From Xinhuanet

November 6th, 2024