Oversight of govt deals to increase

State Council moves to unify disjointed bidding platforms for better supervision

China will create integrated, standardized platforms for bidding, government procurement and other deals involving public resources - the country's latest move to ratchet up its national anti-corruption drive.

At Friday's executive meeting of the State Council, presided over by Premier Li Keqiang, leaders decided to integrate by the end of June 2016 the now-scattered and disjointed platforms covering construction project bidding, the transfer of land-use rights, mining rights, State-owned properties and government procurement projects. Experts said the exchanges of such public resources are prone to bribery since they involve a large amount of money and lack transparency.