Administrative litigation refers to the behavior that citizens and legal persons bring a lawsuit to the court because they think that a specific administrative act has violated their legitimate rights and interests. Administrative litigation is under the jurisdiction of a unified court, and administrative litigation is under the jurisdiction of independent procedural rules. Different from civil litigation, the court mainly examines the legality of specific administrative actions in administrative litigation. In the administrative legal relationship, the administrative organ is in a dominant position; In the legal relationship of administrative litigation, the plaintiff and the defendant have equal legal status, and the people's court is the leader above the plaintiff and the defendant, which determines the beginning, progress and end of the whole administrative litigation procedure.

administrative procedure law of the people's republic of china

Article 4

The people's courts independently exercise judicial power over administrative cases according to law, and are not subject to interference by administrative organs, social organizations or individuals.

The people's court shall set up an administrative tribunal to hear administrative cases. Article 61

Intersection of Civil Disputes and Administrative Disputes In administrative litigation, civil disputes involving administrative licensing, registration, expropriation, requisition and rulings made by administrative organs, if the parties apply to solve the related civil disputes together, the people's court may try them together.

In administrative proceedings, if the people's court believes that the trial of administrative cases should be based on the judgment of civil proceedings, it may order the suspension of administrative proceedings.