Introduction to government procurement data

 Government procurement means that governments at all levels, in order to carry out daily government activities or provide services to the public, under the supervision of finance, in legal ways, methods and procedures, through open bidding and fair competition, the finance department directly supplies supplies The act of purchasing goods, projects and services for government departments or affiliated groups from domestic and foreign markets through payment methods. Its essence is the organic combination of market competition mechanism and fiscal expenditure management, and its main feature is the legal management of government procurement behavior. Government procurement is mainly based on bidding procurement, limited competitive procurement and competitive negotiation.

 The "Government Procurement Law of the People's Republic of China" was adopted by the 28th Session of the Standing Committee of the Ninth National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China on June 29, 2002, and came into effect on January 1, 2003. On August 31, 2014, the 10th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People's Congress made the "Decision on Amending Five Laws including the Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China" to amend the Government Procurement Law of the People's Republic of China.

 Starting from September 1, 2017, in addition to disclosing shortlisted procurement stage information on the China Government Procurement Network and local branches as required, specific transaction records should also be disclosed. Specific transaction records of electronic stores, electronic malls, online supermarkets, etc. should also be made public.

 At present, scholars’ research on government procurement is still insufficient. One of the main reasons is that government procurement data is difficult to obtain. To this end, the CnOpenData data team launched government procurement data. The data fields include: contract amount, region, supplier, purchaser, industry and even target quantity, unit price, etc. in order to provide high-quality information for related research. data resources.

 Before July 1, 2020, the main fields of government procurement data were: project name, project number, contract amount, purchaser, supplier, and various date fields. After July 1, 2020, the following fields have been added to government procurement data: purchaser, supplier's address, contact information, procurement method, and various details related to the target. In the "Field Display" position shown below, the field changes before and after optimization and update are displayed; in the "Data Scale" position, the annual changes in data volume are displayed.

Time range

2002-2022.12.31

Field display

Data scale

Sample data

Government procurement data - before July 1, 2020

Government Procurement Data-After July 1, 2020

Related literature

• Sun Wei, Ye Chusheng, 2023: "Why government procurement affects corporate innovation—Also on the synergy between the "pull" of demand-side policies and the "push" of supply-side policies", "China Industrial Economy" Issue 1.
• Dou Chao, Wang Qiaowan, Chen Xiao, 2020: "Can government-backed customer relationships alleviate financing constraints of private enterprises? ", "Financial Research" Issue 11.
• Zhang Qinlin, Shen Hongtao, 2020: "Can large government customers improve enterprise total factor productivity?" ", "Financial Research" Issue 11.
• Dou Chao, Yuan Man, Chen Xiao, 2020: "Large government-backed customers and audit fees—based on the perspective of supply chain risk transmission", "Accounting Research" Issue 03.
• Yuan Man, Dou Chao, Xue Jian, 2019: "Spring River Plumbing Duck Prophet - Can Analysts Understand State-owned Sector Procurement?", "China Accounting Review" Issue 02.
• Liu Jinghuan, Zhang Xiao, Wang Baoshun, 2013: "Research on the Economic Function of my country's Government Procurement Policy", "Fiscal Research" Issue 2.
• Martin Beraja, David Y. Yang and Noam Yuchtman, 2022, "Data-intensive Innovation and the State: Evidence from AI Firms in China", The Review of Economic Studies.
• Cohen, Daniel A., Li, Bin. 2020. "Customer-Base Concentration, Investment, and Profitability: The U.S. Government as a Major Customer." The Accounting Review, 95(1): 101-131.
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Data update frequency

Annual Update

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