MOF Publishes 2016 Government Procurement Work Priorities

On February 19, The Ministry of Finance (MOF) published on its website a Notice of 2016 Government Procurement Work Priorities. The notice outlined eight priorities for 2016: 

• Strengthen the construction of government procurement system 
• Improve and implement government procurement policy 
• Accelerate the information construction of government procurement 
• Promote the reform of government procurement 
• Strengthen government procurement management 
• Strengthen the supervision and management of government procurement 
• Do government procurement publicity and research work 
• Develop foreign negotiation 

Within the eight priorities, the notice included: 

• Establish and release the standard text of bidding documents for desktop computers, portable computer and printer etc. 
• Strengthen and perfect green procurement policy, continue to expand the scope of government procurement of energy-saving and environment protection products 
• Research and implement the relevant policies and measures of government procurement to support cloud computing, big data, "Internet plus", information security etc.