Summarize the evolution of China's legislative thought.

The thought of administrative legislation with China's characteristics gave birth to the administrative law system with China's characteristics, which can be roughly divided into three categories: one is to standardize the administrative law of administrative organs and their staff; Second, administrative law regulates administrative behavior; Third, the administrative law of supervising administrative power. In the 1980s, the first two kinds of administrative law with strong colors of "management law" and "service law" made rapid progress, which almost unified the stage of administrative legislation, while the "power control law" used to supervise administrative power made slow progress and was hard to find. The deep reason is that authoritarianism became the mainstream guiding ideology of administrative legislation at that time, but the concept of "controlling power" was difficult to surface.

With the development of China's legal system, the judgment of legal functions has gradually matured, and the understanding of democratic ideas has been deepened. The legislature gradually realized that democracy and the rule of law are inseparable. It is the ultimate pursuit of modern legal system and the soul essence of contemporary democratic thought to effectively supervise state power, prevent administrative tyranny and corruption and provide relief channels for the public. In a sense, it is precisely because administrative power is the most used state power in social life, the most extensive space for corruption and abuse, and the most threatening state power to the public. Therefore, effective legal supervision and control of administrative power often marks the highest achievement of democracy and rule of law in a country.

Around the 1990s, China's thoughts on administrative legislation began to make a revolutionary conceptual leap, and the direction of administrative legislation was thus substantially and strategically adjusted. The construction of administrative law to restrict power, stop corruption and protect human rights has finally begun to enter the fast lane. Today, when we review the huge administrative law system, it is precisely this "power control" administrative law that we cherish and are most proud of.