"What are the standard documents issued by the state for bidding documents?
The National Development and Reform Commission, together with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and other nine ministries and commissions (bureaus), prepared and issued five standard bidding documents, including the Standard Equipment Procurement Bidding Document, the Standard Material Procurement Bidding Document, the Standard Survey Bidding Document, the Standard Design Bidding Document, and the Standard Supervision Bidding Document, and issued the "Notice on the Issuance of <Standard Equipment Procurement Bidding Document> ; and other five standard bidding documents," (Development and Reform Regulation [2017] No. 1606), the scope of application of the Standard Documents is clarified: it applies to equipment, materials and other goods projects related to engineering construction and service projects such as survey, design and supervision, which must be tendered according to the law. The Standard Document shall come into force from January 1, 2018 onwards.