What are the current situation and existing problems of project cost management in China?

Cost control pays more attention to construction than design.

Engineering cost consulting institutions are not perfect, and the development of engineering consulting industry is immature.

There is a serious shortage of high-quality engineering cost technicians.

The laws and regulations related to project cost management are not perfect.

Construction project cost management refers to all business activities and organizational activities that are carried out in an all-round way, in line with policies and objective laws, by using the principles and methods of science and technology to ensure the economic benefits of construction projects and the economic rights and interests of all parties concerned. In the traditional planned economy period, the construction industry was not regarded as an independent material production department. In the cost management of construction projects, the valuation method of administrative management plan is adopted. Therefore, people do not pay enough attention to the project cost management, and the construction project cost is often determined according to the planned price and administrative regulations. With the development of China's reform and opening up and the establishment of the socialist market economic system, the management of construction projects has been greatly impacted. With the opening of the country and the introduction of advanced scientific management mode, people begin to re-understand the related problems of project cost management. Due to the implementation of budget quota management mode in China, the common problem is that the construction project cost is difficult to objectively and truly reflect, and there are many projects that exceed the budget, budget and final accounts, which break through the planned investment. Due to the lack of scientific rationality in determining project investment, there are many problems in project implementation.

The purpose of project cost management reform is to establish a new project cost management system with China characteristics, which meets the needs of China's socialist market economic system. At present, there are still many problems to be solved. The main factors that affect the normal function of construction project cost management are:

1, ignoring the price mechanism and excessive administrative intervention.

2. Long-term planned economic system and single financial investment channel.

3. Cut off the connection between the project cost and the price in the circulation field.

4. Lack of information processing and transmission.

5. The investor responsibility system has not been fully established.

6. There is a serious shortage of employees in this field.

All these have caused the low quality of engineering cost management talents in China and seriously hindered the development of engineering cost management in China.

The key of construction project cost management is to determine the project cost through scientific methods and means. For a long time, China has adopted the mode of "quota+expense+document stipulation" to determine the project cost, that is, the direct cost is calculated according to the quota, the indirect cost, profit and tax are calculated according to the charging standard, and then the project cost is finally obtained by adjusting and supplementing the relevant documents. So far, this procedure and method are still adopted. Here, the calculation basis of direct fee and indirect fee is reference quota and charging standard respectively. Quota includes not only the consumption of physical and materialized labor in the production process, but also the unit price corresponding to each consumption index, which belongs to the quota of "quantity and price are one"; The charging standard is determined by the state according to the qualification level of the construction enterprise. Under the planned economy system, the prices of labor, materials and machinery, which constitute direct expenses, are relatively stable for a long time, and the owners are mainly state-owned and collective units; The vast majority of contractors are state-owned and collective construction enterprises with a single management model. Under this condition, it is feasible to calculate the project cost by adopting the quota of "quantity and price in one" and the charging standard determined according to the qualification level of enterprises. It can be seen that the construction project cost management is a static management mode and a government behavior. The work of the management department mainly focuses on compiling and explaining quotas, formulating policies and regulations, and dispute arbitration.