What is Government Procurement? What is the government procurement system?

Government procurement refers to the government at all levels in order to carry out day-to-day governmental activities or to provide services for the public, under the supervision of the financial, in the legal way, method and procedure, through open bidding, fair competition, by the financial department in the form of direct payment to the supplier, the purchase of goods, works and services from the domestic and foreign markets for the government departments or affiliated groups.

The government procurement system, on the other hand, is a system that constrains government organs and public **** agencies to use market competition mechanisms to procure goods, works and services to realize public **** functions. This system mandatorily introduces market competition into the procurement behavior of state organs and public **** agencies, in order to improve the efficiency of the use of public **** funds, and to promote fairness and justice and the rational allocation of social resources. According to the provisions of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Government Procurement, government procurement should follow the principle of openness and transparency, the principle of fair competition, the principle of justice and the principle of good faith.