1, the so-called law without authorization means that the exercise of state public power must be authorized by law.

2. Legal obligations must refer to the obligations that must be observed according to national laws.

You can do anything that is not prohibited by law.

In order for the government to abide by "the law cannot be done without authorization", release more and faster reform dividends and effectively curb power rent-seeking, governments at all levels and their departments should stubbornly cancel and decentralize administrative examination and approval items, establish a power list system, and dare to "expose" the power list, show the "power family background", lock in the "base" of administrative examination and approval items, and accept social supervision.

Extended data

With the overall promotion of the strategy of governing the country according to law, the unification of government powers and responsibilities and legal responsibilities will inevitably become the consensus of more and more administrative personnel. However, we should also see that with the in-depth development of anti-corruption work and the promotion of government decentralization, there have been some cases that are contrary to statutory duties in practice, and "not acting as an official" is a typical performance.

The essence of the behavior of "not being an official" is not fulfilling the statutory duties that must be performed, which is another manifestation of disobedience to the law. This will not only affect the performance of government functions, but also be irresponsible for national interests, social public interests and the interests of management counterparts, and will have a negative impact on the credibility of the government and even the belief and respect of the whole society for the law.

In order to implement the "legal duty must be" of administrative organs, we must further strengthen the publicity and education of the rule of law, strengthen the awareness of the rule of law of administrative organs, further improve the power restriction and supervision system and strict accountability mechanism. In this regard, the "Decision" of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee made corresponding institutional arrangements.