Recently, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development imposed a penalty on one individual. The penalized person was found to have obtained a registration certificate through deception and other improper means, and after signing for receipt of the "Notice of Opinions on Revocation of Administrative License by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development," failed to submit a written statement or defense within the prescribed time.

　　In accordance with Articles 69 and 79 of the Administrative License Law of the People's Republic of China and Article 28 of the Provisions on the Administration of Registered Supervisory Engineers, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development decided to impose a penalty prohibiting the person from applying for supervisory engineer registration again for 3 years from the date of issuance of this decision.

　　The specific circumstances are as follows:

　　Penalty target:Zhou XX

　　Reason for penalty:Upon investigation and verification, during his employment at Tianjin Harbor Engineering Quality Inspection Center Co., Ltd., Zhou XX improperly registered his supervisory engineer qualification certificate with Deyu Project Management Co., Ltd., constituting an act of obtaining a registration certificate through deception and other improper means.

　　Legal basis for penalty:In accordance with Articles 69 and 79 of the Administrative License Law of the People's Republic of China and Article 28 of the Provisions on the Administration of Registered Supervisory Engineers, Zhou XX's supervisory engineer registration shall be revoked; given that he has completed the deregistration procedures and there is no content left to revoke, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development decided that Zhou XX shall not apply for supervisory engineer registration again for 3 years from the date of issuance of this decision.