Abstract:On March 12,2019,the European Commission proposed that the regulations of International Procurement Instrument (IPI) should be adopted by the end of 2019 in the “China-Europe Strategic Outlook”. The current draft under discussion,which was re-submitted by the Commission in 2016,provided the Commission with restrictive measures for the economic operators,goods and services from the third country which is a lack of reciprocity with the EU in terms of market access for public procurement. The revised draft mainly consists of two parts:mechanism for prior investigation,assessment and consultation;and the price adjustment measures. This regulation clearly targets China’s public procurement market,and the implementation of the instrument will definitely generate unfavorable impact on Chinese bids of entering the EU public procurement market. This regulation provides the EU with the leverage for negotiations on China’s accession to the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA),and accelerates the process of China’s negotiations and further expands the scope of offer,especially including the state-owned enterprises in the offer. Therefore,the following suggestions are proposed:firstly,step up the negotiation on the GPA and seek reciprocity with the EU within the multilateral framework;secondly,improve domestic government procurement legal system and regulating the procurement activities of state-owned enterprises;thirdly,strengthen the voice of private enterprises,and encourage them to safeguard their rights.
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