Legal basis: Measures for the Administration of Bidding for Government Procurement of Goods and Services
Article 2 These Measures shall apply to the bidding activities of government procurement of goods and services (hereinafter referred to as goods and services) in People's Republic of China (PRC).
Article 3 Bidding for goods and services is divided into open bidding and invitation bidding.
Public bidding refers to the procurement method in which the purchaser invites unspecified suppliers to participate in bidding by means of tender announcement according to law.
Invitation to bid refers to the procurement method in which the purchaser randomly selects more than three suppliers from suppliers who meet the corresponding qualification conditions according to law and invites them to participate in bidding in the form of invitation to bid.
Article 4 The people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government may, according to the actual situation, determine the standard of the amount of public bidding applicable to their own provinces, autonomous regions, cities and counties within their respective administrative areas.