Scope of Government Procurement
Government procurement shall be goods, works and services within the Centralized Purchasing Catalogue formulated by law, or goods, works and services that are not included in the Centralized Purchasing Catalogue but whose procurement amount exceeds the prescribed limit standard.
The Centralized Purchasing Catalogue and the minimum limit standards for government procurement shall be 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 each purchasing unit, such as computers, printers, copiers, fax 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. The purchases in the Centralized Government Procurement Catalogue belong to the scope of government procurement regardless of the amount.