The Interim Measures for Supervision and Management of Centralized Bidding and Procurement of Medicines for Medical Institutions are designed to strengthen the supervision and management of centralized bidding and procurement of medicines for medical institutions and to promote the standardization of centralized bidding and procurement of medicines in an orderly manner, and were developed by the Corrective Action Office of the State Council, the State Planning Commission, the State Economy and Trade Commission, the Ministry of Health, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, the State Drug Administration, and the State Bureau of Traditional Chinese Medicine***.