1. Administrative punishment refers to the specific administrative act that the administrative subject gives administrative punishment to the relative person who violates the administrative law norms and does not constitute a crime according to the statutory authority and procedures.

2. The characteristics of administrative punishment are: the subject of administrative punishment is the administrative organs and organizations authorized by laws and regulations, and the object of administrative punishment is citizens, legal persons or other organizations that violate administrative legal norms. The nature of administrative punishment is a specific administrative act with sanctions for the purpose of punishing illegal acts.