Government-enterprise disputes

Are production safety inspections protecting enterprises, or are they disrupting normal operations? This case that occurred in a certain district of Tianjin should be a wake-up call for every business owner. In March 2025, a merchant complained to the Administrative Law Enforcement Supervision Office of a district in Tianjin: Two people who claimed to be staff of the subdistrict office broke into the business premises to conduct "safety production inspections" without presenting any documents. This behavior not only confuses operators, but also seriously interferes with normal production and operation activities.

After investigation, it was found that these two people were not street staff at all, but personnel from a third-party agency entrusted by the street office. The root of the problem is that the sub-district office directly "outsources" the administrative inspection of production safety to a third party - this clearly violates the clear provisions of the "Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Strictly Regulating Enterprise-related Administrative Inspections": third parties such as inspection and testing agencies are strictly prohibited from conducting administrative inspections, and personnel who have not obtained law enforcement certificates are strictly prohibited from conducting administrative inspections. The behavior involved had dual problems of unqualified subjects and illegal procedures. The district government's law enforcement supervision department immediately ordered the sub-district office to make corrections and issued documents to standardize administrative inspections of enterprises in sub-districts and towns throughout the district.

In daily operations, once a company encounters an unlicensed inspection or a third party comes to enforce the law, it must ask the other party to produce legal law enforcement certificates as soon as possible and retain on-site evidence. Administrative inspections must be carried out by personnel who have obtained law enforcement qualifications in accordance with the law. Any "outsourcing law enforcement" is illegal. If your legitimate rights and interests are infringed, the professional legal team of Yingting Law Firm is ready to provide you with legal support to help you safeguard your rights in accordance with the law and protect every legitimate interest of your company.

Production safety, third-party agency inspection, law enforcement without a license

In March 2025, some people reported to the Administrative Law Enforcement Supervision Office of a district government in Tianjin that two people claimed to be staff of a certain sub-district office and entered its business premises to conduct safety production inspections without showing their IDs, affecting their normal business activities. In response to this problem, the District Government Administrative Law Enforcement Supervision Office carried out supervision in accordance with the law.

After investigation and verification, the sub-district office hired a third-party agency to provide policy, technical and other support for production safety supervision, and the two people involved were relevant staff of the third-party agency. The "Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Strictly Regulating Enterprise-Related Administrative Inspections" clearly stipulates: "It is strictly prohibited for inspection and testing agencies, scientific research institutes and other third parties to conduct administrative inspections; it is strictly prohibited to outsource administrative inspections to intermediary agencies; it is strictly prohibited for law enforcement auxiliary personnel, grid operators, temporary workers and other personnel who have not obtained law enforcement certificates to conduct administrative inspections." Regarding the violation of the sub-district office’s arrangement of third-party agency personnel to independently carry out administrative inspections, the district government’s Administrative Law Enforcement Supervision Office requires it to immediately correct it and issue relevant documents to further standardize administrative inspections involving enterprises in sub-districts and towns.

Administrative law enforcement at the grassroots level directly faces enterprises and the people, and the standardization of law enforcement directly affects the feelings of enterprises and the people about the rule of law. In this case, the sub-district office illegally arranged for third-party agency personnel to conduct administrative inspections on production safety, violating the regulations that "third parties are strictly prohibited from conducting administrative inspections." There were problems such as unqualified subjects and illegal procedures, which infringed on the rights and interests of operators and damaged the credibility of administrative law enforcement. The District Government Administrative Law Enforcement Supervision Office quickly verified and ordered the sub-district offices to correct violations and respond to the demands of enterprises and the public in a timely manner. At the same time, on the basis of rectification of individual cases, documents are issued to standardize administrative inspections, and rectification of individual cases is used to expand the effect of rectification of similar cases, providing clear guidance for the standardized implementation of administrative inspections.