Ministry of Finance, Measures for the Administration of the Priority Purchase and Order of Self-initiated Innovative Products by the Government
财政部自主创新产品政府首购和订购管理办法
Product innovation encouraged by means of government procurement.
Date:
March 2008
CLP Reference: 2600/07.12.27
Promulgated: 27 December 2007
Effective: 27 December 2007
Keywords (click to search): [innovative products] [innovative technologies] [new design] [R & D] [government procurement] [priority purchase]
Issued: December 27 2007
Effective: as of date of issuance
Applicability: The Measures apply to the acts of priority purchase and order by state authorities, public institutions, and associations (Procurers) using fiscal funds (Article 2). The Measures also apply to the procurement of trial products that fulfil the basic conditions for priority purchase by governments (Article 26).
The Measures do not apply to items involving state security and secrets (Article 29). Where a matter is not stipulated for in the Measures, it shall be handled in accordance with relevant provisions on government procurement (Article 27).
The term “priority purchase” refers to the initial purchase by Procurers or the government by way of government procurement of products manufactured or developed by domestic enterprises or scientific research organizations that, despite the lack of market competitiveness for the time being, fulfil the development needs of the national economy and represent the development direction of advanced technology, and that are put on the market for the first time (Products for Priority Purchase) (Article 3).
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