Legal analysis: (1) the main body of procurement government procurement activities in the main body of procurement includes state organs at all levels, institutions and organizations. State organs are those organs at all levels that enjoy administrative power granted by the state according to law, have independent legal personality, and use the state budget as the funding for independent activities. Institutions refers to the state for the purpose of social welfare, organized by state organs or other organizations using state-owned assets, engaged in education, science and technology, culture, health and other activities of social service organizations; group organization refers to the citizens of our country voluntarily formed, in order to achieve the members **** agreed to wish, in accordance with its statute to carry out the activities of the non-profit social organizations. (2) Procurement funds purchasers to use all or part of the financial funds for procurement, belongs to the scope of management of government procurement. Financial funds include budgetary funds, extra-budgetary funds and governmental funds. Borrowings repaid using financial funds are considered to be financial funds. (3) Procurement Content and Limit The content of government procurement shall be goods, works and services within the Centralized Procurement Catalogue established by law, or goods, works and services that are not included in the Centralized Procurement Catalogue but the procurement amount exceeds the prescribed limit standard. The Centralized Government Procurement Catalogue and the minimum limit standards for government procurement are prescribed by the State Council and the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government. The purchases in the Centralized Government Procurement Catalogue are generally goods, works and services common to all purchasing units, such as computers, printers, photocopiers, facsimile machines, official cars, elevators, heating boilers and other goods, housing repair and renovation works, conference services, automobile repairs, insurance, gasoline and other services. The procurement content of the Centralized Government Procurement Catalogue for central budgetary units also includes goods, works and services that are commonly used within the central departments, such as flood control, drought relief and disaster relief materials, medical equipment and instruments, meteorological special instruments, police equipment and supplies, quality inspection special instruments, and marine special instruments. Purchases in the Centralized Government Procurement Catalogue fall within the scope of government procurement regardless of the amount. Purchases outside the Centralized Government Procurement Catalogue, where the purchase amount exceeds the minimum limit standard for government procurement, also fall within the scope of government procurement. Since the implementation of the Government Procurement Law, the General Office of the State Council announced the minimum limit standards for government procurement by central budget units as follows: 500,000 yuan for individual items or batches of goods and services, and 600,000 yuan for projects.
Legal Basis: The Government Procurement Law of the People's Republic of China
Article 2 This Law shall apply to government procurement conducted within the territory of the People's Republic of China. Government procurement as referred to in this Law refers to the conduct of state organs, institutions and organizations at all levels of government to use financial funds to procure goods, works and services within the centralized procurement catalog formulated in accordance with the law or above the procurement limit standard. The centralized government procurement catalog and procurement limit standards are formulated in accordance with the authority provided for in this Law. Procurement as referred to in this Law refers to the act of acquiring goods, works and services in a contractual manner for a fee, including purchasing, leasing, commissioning and hiring. Goods, as referred to in this Law, refer to items of various forms and types, including raw materials, fuels, equipment, products and the like. Works as referred to in this Law means construction works, including new construction, alteration, extension, renovation, demolition and repair of buildings and structures. Services as referred to in this Law means other objects of government procurement other than goods and works.
Article 3 Government procurement shall follow the principle of openness and transparency, the principle of fair competition, the principle of justice and the principle of honesty and credit.
Article 4 If the government procurement works are subject to bidding and tendering, the law on bidding and tendering shall apply.
Article 5 No unit or individual shall use any means to obstruct and restrict the free access of suppliers to the government procurement market in the region and industry.
Article 6 Government procurement shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the approved budget.
Article 7 Government procurement shall combine centralized and decentralized procurement. The scope of centralized procurement shall be determined by the centralized procurement catalog published by the people's governments at or above the provincial level. Government procurement projects belonging to the central budget, the centralized purchasing directory determined and published by the State Council; belonging to the local budget, the centralized purchasing directory of government procurement projects by the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government or its authorized agencies to determine and publish. Included in the centralized purchasing directory of government procurement projects, shall implement centralized purchasing.
Article VIII of the government procurement limit standards, belonging to the central budget of government procurement projects, determined and announced by the State Council; belonging to the local budget of government procurement projects, by the people's governments of the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government or its authorized institutions to determine and announce.
Article 9 Government procurement shall contribute to the realization of the state's economic and social development policy objectives, including the protection of the environment, support for underdeveloped regions and ethnic minority areas, and promote the development of small and medium-sized enterprises.
Article X. Government procurement shall procure goods, works and services of this country. However, except in one of the following cases: