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Article 67 The departments responsible for the safety supervision and management of special equipment, as well as their staff, shall not recommend, produce, or sell such equipment； There is an obligation to keep confidential any trade secrets learned in the course of performing duties. Interpretation of the provision: This article sets out the restrictions on the duties of the departments responsible for the safety supervision and management of special equipment, as well as their staff. To accurately understand this provision, two aspects need to be considered: first, the entities to which this provision applies; and second, the prohibited acts and the obligations to be fulfilled. I. Applicable Entities The entities to which this article applies are the departments responsible for the safety supervision and management of special equipment, as well as their staff. II. Prohibited acts and obligations to fulfill. (1) It is prohibited to recommend, produce, or supervise the marketing of special equipment. In accordance with the requirements of governing according to law and reforming the administrative management system, **it is necessary to transform functions, strengthen economic regulation, social management, and public services, and minimize interference in the microeconomy. In particular, administrative power must not be used to interfere with enterprises’ production and business activities, disrupt market mechanisms, or create unfair competition. In the past, some **government agencies and organizations would help companies build their image by recommending products, while others would get involved in those companies’ business operations by taking on roles such as supervision of production and sales. Firstly, these practices do not meet the basic requirements of **functional transformation and neutrality under market economy conditions. Secondly, it results in companies not relying on quality or service to survive and thrive in competition, but instead depending on the protection provided by administrative agencies or special equipment inspection bodies to gain a market position, which is unfair and unjust for these companies. Third, by recommending or supervising the marketing of certain products, public authorities and enterprises form an interest community; this not only damages the image of public authorities and gives rise to **, but also makes it difficult for public authorities to exercise their powers properly. Especially the supervision and management of special equipment safety is of great importance, as it relates to the safety of people’s lives and property. If the agencies and personnel responsible for such supervision and management fail to remain neutral and do not carry out their duties properly, the consequences can be severe, even leading to significant losses in property and people’s lives and assets. To this end, this law specifically stipulates that the departments responsible for the safety supervision and management of special equipment, as well as their staff, shall not recommend, produce, or sell such equipment, nor shall they form any economic interest linkage with the manufacturing units. (II) There is an obligation to keep confidential any trade secrets learned in the course of performing duties. In the course of carrying out their duties related to the supervision and management of special equipment safety, the authorities responsible for this task and their staff come into contact with a large amount of internal information from companies involved in the design, manufacturing, installation, modification, and repair of such equipment, as well as from the units that use these devices. This includes information of commercial or proprietary value, such as details regarding the manufacturing process, techniques used, and activities related to modification, repair, and sales. For a company, this information can be the crucial foundation for survival and development. Therefore, the departments responsible for the safety supervision and management of special equipment and their staff must maintain confidentiality to prevent the use of the obtained information to seek improper advantages or to create unfair competition, thereby harming the interests of enterprises.