Administrative license, in popular terms, is what people call administrative examination and approval. Although the connotation and extension of these two concepts are not exactly the same, for the sake of understanding, we can understand them as the same in general. If we want to define administrative license in theory, we can define it as: The so-called administrative license refers to the behavior that the government grants certain rights, qualifications and interests to the administrative counterpart on the premise of general prohibition and upon the application of the parties concerned. What is a total ban? It is beyond the reach of ordinary people. For example, ordinary people can't drive unless they get a driver's license (administrative license) (generally prohibited). However, this prohibition must be clearly defined by law. Administrative license has existed since ancient times, but its name is different. For example, in ancient China, salt, iron and tea were all sold by the government, and in Qing Dynasty, thirteen banks in Guangzhou were allowed to trade exclusively with foreigners (the so-called "thirteen banks"), which was an administrative license. The reason why some forms of "government monopoly" or "government monopoly" have been established in past dynasties is to protect some public interests (such as the supply and control of salt, iron, tea and other necessities of production and life, and at the same time increase government taxes), or to suppress some public interests (such as reducing safety accidents in mining and other production processes). If there is no public interest, or the public interest is not in danger, there is no need for administrative license.