Govt purchasing laws to tighten

SHANGHAI: Procurers for government projects must avoid transactions if the cases are linked to potential suppliers from up to three generations of the procurer's family members, a newly released draft on regulations under the government procurement law has stated.

The latest draft is aimed at specifying the law, including details over domestic goods in government procurement, to further fight any corruption in the purchasing process.

"The new draft addresses fairness within the government purchasing procedure, even as the implementation of the regulation can be quite complicated during any investigation of three generations of related staff," Zheng Bin, a senior officer of the department in charge of the procurement center in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, said in an interview.