《行政强制法》草案2005年12月25日首次提请全国人大常委会审议。继《行政处罚法》和《行政许可法》出台之后,该项法律被视为我国“立法三部曲”中的第三大步。草案规定了行政强制的四大原则:法定原则,即未经法律法规授权,任何机关和组织不得实施行政强制;适当原则,即选择适当 Draft Administrative Enforcement Law was first submitted to the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress for consideration on December 25, 2005. Following the promulgation of the Law on Administrative Punishment and the Law on Administrative Licensing, the law is regarded as the third strongest step in the “trilogy of legislation.” The draft provides four major principles of administrative coercion: the legal principle, that is, without the authority of laws and regulations, no organ and organization shall impose administrative coercion; the appropriate principle that the choice of appropriate