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  "node_id": "cn-government-procurement-law-of-the-peoples-republic-of-china-2002-amended",
  "title": "China Government Procurement Law of the People's Republic of China (2002, as amended 2014) + Implementing Regulations",
  "domain": "Public Sector & Government Procurement",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "last_updated": "2026-06-08",
  "bluf": "The Government Procurement Law of the People's Republic of China was adopted by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on 29 June 2002 and entered into force on 1 January 2003, with substantive amendments in 2014. The Law is the principal statute governing government procurement of goods, construction works, and services by state organs at all levels (central and local) using fiscal funds. The Law spans nine chapters covering General Provisions (Chapter I), Parties to Government Procurement (Chapter II), Government Procurement Methods (Chapter III), Procurement Procedures (Chapter IV), Government Procurement Contracts (Chapter V), Questions and Complaints (Chapter VI), Supervision and Inspection (Chapter VII), Legal Liability (Chapter VIII), and Supplementary Provisions (Chapter IX). The principal procurement methods specified in art. 26 are open tendering (the default method), invited tendering (limited supplier set), competitive negotiation, single-source procurement (sole-source justified), inquiry procurement (for standardised products), and other methods stipulated by the State Council; the 2018 implementing rules added competitive consultation as an additional method for service procurement. The Law operates alongside the Bidding Law of the PRC (1999, amended 2017) which governs tendering for construction, engineering, and other regulated investment projects (a related but distinct legal regime). Government procurement is administered through the Ministry of Finance at the central level and Finance Departments at the provincial and local levels, with operational delivery through centralised procurement agencies and through the China Government Procurement Network at ccgp.gov.cn as the mandatory transparency portal. The Law establishes preferences for domestic goods, construction, and services (art. 10) and supports Made in China industrial policy through procurement preferences. China is a long-standing observer of the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) with accession negotiations ongoing since 2007; the Law is widely understood to remain non-compliant with several GPA provisions pending the political accession decision. The framework intersects the Cybersecurity Law of the PRC (2017), the Data Security Law (2021), the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL 2021), and the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) cybersecurity review regime for cloud and IT procurement involving critical information infrastructure operators (CIIOs).",
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