China submitted WTO Government procurement agreement in the new proposal

Department of Commerce press spokesman Yao Jian in 20 press conference said, China has already submitted the WTO Government procurement agreement of new proposals. Proposed that the central entities and the threshold price and the Service Department, and other terms have been modified.

Yao Jian said the Chinese Government has 12 July meeting of the WTO Government Procurement Committee meeting, on China's new offer, mainly on the central entity, the threshold prices and service departments, and other terms have been modified. New proposed content has not yet been made public, Yao Jian did not provide details.

Yao kin also said China hoped that other Member States consider China is still a developing country, China enterprises currently in the United States, Europe and other overseas markets facing a market opportunity of bottlenecks due to lack of Member of China, this means that Chinese enterprises are not eligible for the benefits of the agreement. He added that the new proposal in the Government procurement agreement consultations relevant parties of a positive assessment, but also for more consultations.

China's accession to the WTO in 2001, has pledged to start joining the proposal of the Government procurement agreement, but the United States and other WTO Member States refused to submit to the end of 2007, China's first proposal. Since then, the United States and other WTO member countries have been urged regulators to submit a revised proposal, 5 month China-us strategic and economic dialogue (U.S.-ChinaStrategicandEconomicDialogue) agreed this month before the new proposal.

Agreement on government procurement

The Government procurement agreement is a trade organization under the jurisdiction of individual trade agreements.

The Government Procurement Agreement emphasizes three principles: first, the principle of national treatment and non-discriminatory principles, namely, the Parties shall, through the development, adoption or implementation of the Government procurement laws, rules, procedures and practices to protect domestic product or vendor and discriminate against foreign products or suppliers; the second is the openness principle that parties regarding government procurement laws, rules, procedures and practices should be public; third, the principle of preferential treatment for developing countries, that is, the parties should be provided to developing countries, especially least developed countries to provide special treatment, such as the provision of technical assistance to look after its development, financial and trade needs.

The Government procurement agreement in April 1979, signed at Geneva, in December 1993, the parties reached a basic intent. Currently, the Government procurement agreement has 27 members and 21 observers, the majority of developed countries.