Research On Improving The System Of Government Project Procurement In China

With the promulgation and implementation of "the government procurement law" on January 1, 2003, the Government Procurement act of China has definitely brought engineering into the scope of government procurement. China's government procurement system has been gradually moving toward a legal and standardized way, the project procurement of government procurement in the proportion gradually expanded, from central to local government procurement system has been initially established. However, at this time our government procurement practice still filled with many problems, such as imperfect legal system, engineering procurement not unified, unscientific management systems, lack of effective supervision and mechanism, and many other issues. All of these urge to establish a government project procurement system with Chinese characteristics which also accords with international practice.After introducing the basic theory of government project procurement, this paper attaches importance to analyze the government project procurement system of such developed countries as America, Britain, Hong Kong and the WTO" Agreement on Government Procurement", then it sums up the features of foreign government project procurement system and international regulations, and the inspiration to China from the both. Next, the paper carries out comparative analysis on Chinese government project procurement practice, through the aspects of Building the legal system, management system, bidding procurement, and supervision mechanisms, and the supporting system and infrastructure work.On the basis of analysis above, the paper put forward the suggestion of perfecting Chinese government project procurement system through the following aspects: perfect laws and regulations, reform the existing management system and perfect the bidding system, doing well coordinated system reforms and basic work. And at last, the paper points out the questions that need further research.