《行政许可法》从起草到公布历时7年,已于2003年8月27日经十届全国人大常委会第四次会议通过,将于2004年7月1日起施行。《行政许可法》适应了依法约束政府行为、限制公权力的依法行政的本质要求,坚持和体现了各级政府应当是法治政府、有限政府、服务政府、透明政府、诚信政府、 The “Administrative Licensing Law” was drafted to the public for seven years and was approved by the Fourth Session of the Tenth National People’s Congress on August 27, 2003 and will come into force on July 1, 2004. The “Administrative Permission Law” has adapted to the essential requirements of legally binding government actions and restricting the administration of public power according to law. It has insisted that all levels of government should be the government of the rule of law, the limited government, the service government, the transparent government, the honest government,