Special Supplement: Government orders 'crucial' for survival

GUANGZHOU: Wang Ruixiang, boss of an audio systems firm in Guangzhou's Panyu district, cannot stay calm when talking about "unfair treatment" in a public tender for government procurement for the 2010 Asian Games.

Although his audio company won the bid for this year's Olympic Games in Beijing, he was not even entitled to submit a bid for the Asian Games in Guangzhou for the simple reason that his business is not big enough.

"I used to encounter similar embarrassment on several occasions when I tried to bid for government procurements," he said. "It is really unfair for small companies."