Some Recommendations On Improving The Legal System Of Tendering

Tender is an important method in allocation and access to works, goods and services, and other resources. It has a long history and a wide variety of applications. In China, an increasing number of economic activities, such as government procurement, construction contracting, and so on, are all handled through tendering and its volume of transactions is growing. However, laws of tenders of China are far from mature and need improving. That is the major concern of this paper.Chapter One is an overview of tender and laws concerning, including the definition of tender, the main categories, the general theories of tendering, as well as its history and current situation. Chapter Two researches the international bid system and rules from a comparative point, and analyses the foreign bidders in the overall framework of the system, including the main contents, tender manners and relief system of "the United Nations Model Law on Procurement", "WTO Agreement on Government Procurement" ," EU procurement directives" and "the World Bank Procurement Guidelines". In light of the problems existing in the laws in China, Chapter Three gives an overall analysis on the problems and tries to suggest perfection of the legal mechanism of tender law for China.