China’s Ministry of Justice recently announced that a nationwide rectification campaign had resulted in the removal or reassignment of more than 300,000 unqualified administrative law enforcement personnel within one year, while more than 7,000 non-compliant enforcement entities were shut down.
According to The Beijing News, Vice Minister of Justice Hu Weilie stated on May 21 that authorities had also eliminated more than 400,000 unnecessary enforcement items. He added that local governments had waived over 11 billion yuan in fines during the campaign. At the same time, Hu acknowledged that problems such as arbitrary enforcement, selective non-enforcement, disproportionate punishments, and “fines without supervision” continue to occur.
Despite official claims of progress in “standardizing law enforcement,” many observers remain skeptical. A commentator argued that the campaign serves two main purposes: reducing fiscal burdens by cutting large numbers of temporary or outsourced personnel, and shifting blame for public dissatisfaction onto lower-level enforcement staff rather than addressing deeper systemic problems within the central authorities.
Source: Epoch Times, May 25, 2026
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