On July 29, 2022, the Thirty-first Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Thirteenth National People's Congress of Jiangsu Province voted to adopt the Regulations on Administrative Procedures of Jiangsu Province, which shall come into force on November 1, 2022. Jiangsu Province Administrative Procedures Regulations is the first local regulations in the province to be formulated in terms of administrative procedures. The promulgation of the regulations is important for promoting administrative organs to administer in accordance with the law, efficient governance and clean administration, and for safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of citizens, legal persons and other organizations, and also has a positive effect on the national legislation on administrative procedures.
During the legislative process, Prof. Meng Hongzhi and Dr. Zhang Yunhao, the directors of the local legislation research base of our university, participated in the legislative work of the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Provincial People's Congress and the Legislative Work Committee of the Standing Committee, during which they conducted research on the structure of the regulations, the design of the main system, the technical specifications of the legislation, etc. Many of their suggestions were adopted and made important contributions to the smooth introduction of the regulations. Prof. Meng Hongzhi and Dr. Zhang Yunhao's professional ability and diligent work style in the legislative process were highly recognized, and the Legislative Affairs Committee of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress sent a letter to our university to express our gratitude.
The high recognition of the two teachers' participation in local legislation in Jiangsu Province is not only a recognition of their personal professionalism and dedication, but also a high affirmation of the overall academic level of our school. In the future, we will continue to give full play to the advantages of public law disciplines, further strengthen theoretical construction, promote the level of double first-class law disciplines, and make greater contributions to the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity, and to promote the scientific and democratic local legislation in Jiangsu Province.