Administrative Reconsideration Law of the PRC (2023 Amendment) · Yalla China
قانون المراجعة الإدارية (تعديل 2023) / Administrative Reconsideration Law (2023 Amendment)
Enacted: 2023-09-01 ✅ Effective: 2024-01-01
📝 Overview
Regulates the mechanism for challenging administrative decisions through higher administrative authorities in China; the 2023 amendment allows a wider scope of challengeable decisions.
This is general information only, not legal advice. For your specific case, consult a licensed lawyer.
📜 The law text / key provisions
The Administrative Reconsideration Law (2023 Amendment) provides: (1) Appeal scope: includes decisions on administrative fines, property confiscation, license revocation, registration refusal; (2) Timeframe: reconsideration application must be filed within 60 days of receiving decision; (3) Reconsideration body: higher administrative authority or centralized reconsideration authority; (4) Decision period: 60 days extendable by 30 days; (5) Foreigners: foreigners have same right to challenge administrative decisions affecting them.
💬 Practical reading
💬 This is a general reading/opinion for orientation — not the official legal text nor legal advice.
If an administrative decision is issued against you in China that you consider unfair, you have the right to file an administrative reconsideration within 60 days. Administrative reconsideration is faster and cheaper than administrative litigation.
📎 Official source
National People's Congress of China
🕒 Updated: 16 March 2026