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Starting from July, the government will increase support for small and medium-sized enterprises in the procurement of instruments and equipment.

2022-07-14

Government procurement is an organic combination of market competition mechanisms and fiscal expenditure management, and its main feature is the legal management of government procurement activities.

According to data released by the Ministry of Finance,2020the national government procurement scale for the year is36970.6billion yuan, an increase of3903.6billion yuan from the previous year, with a growth of11.8%., accounting forof national fiscal expenditure andthe GDP.The proportions are10.2%.and3.6%.

It can be seen that government procurement is an important driver for economic growth and enterprise development.2022Various instruments and meters are commonly used equipment in public utilities, especially in fields such as electricity, water supply, waste treatment, sewage treatment, and education and research, where instruments and meters are indispensable. According to incomplete statistics from the Instrument Network,60in the first half of the year, there were a total of7275projects for the procurement of water meters, electric meters, and other water, heat, and electricity measuring instruments, as well as a total of

projects for measuring instruments, equipment, and devices used in scientific research, medical care, environmental protection, and teaching, including UV spectrophotometers, online monitoring systems, etc.

From the above data, it can be seen that the procurement of instruments and meters occupies a large share in government procurement. It is worth mentioning that in the technological innovation and development of the instrument and meter industry in our country, small and medium-sized enterprises are an indispensable force. Therefore, increasing support for small and medium-sized enterprises is crucial for the development of the instrument and meter industry.7To further improve the fiscal policy support for small and medium-sized enterprises in alleviating difficulties and promoting stable and healthy economic development, at the end of May, the Ministry of Finance issued a notice on "Further Increasing Government Procurement Support for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises," deploying measures from three aspects: strictly implementing government procurement policies to support small and medium-sized enterprises, adjusting the price evaluation discount for small and micro enterprises, and increasing the reserved share of government procurement projects for small and medium-sized enterprises.1The implementation will start from

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The notice indicates that various forms should be adopted to ensure the contract share for small and medium-sized enterprises, such as lowering the participation threshold for small and medium-sized enterprises, flexibly reserving entire projects, reasonably reserving procurement packages, requiring large enterprises to form joint ventures with small and medium-sized enterprises, and requiring large enterprises to subcontract to small and medium-sized enterprises.200After the notice was issued, various regions have successively introduced relevant policies for implementation. The Zhejiang Provincial Department of Finance issued a notice on "Further Increasing Government Procurement Support for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises to Help Stabilize the Economy," encouraging procurement units to waive performance bonds; Hubei Province's notice on "Implementing a Package of Policies to Stabilize the Economy and Further Increasing Government Procurement Support for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises" stipulates that goods and service projects under400ten thousand yuan and engineering projects under

ten thousand yuan should be specifically procured from small and medium-sized enterprises.450Government procurement projects can bring stable orders to enterprises, providing strong support for the development of small and medium-sized enterprises, especially in the instrument and meter sector. Data shows that as of now, the contract amount awarded to small and micro enterprises by the Zhejiang Provincial Government Procurement has exceeded2020billion yuan, exceeding the semi-annual plan ahead of schedule. In addition, data shows that27918.0the national government procurement contract amount awarded to small and micro enterprises for the year isbillion yuan, accounting for75.5% of the national government procurement scale.14046.4The contract amount awarded to small and micro enterprises isbillion yuan, accounting for50.3% of the contract amount awarded to small and micro enterprises, achieving good results in promoting the development of small and micro enterprises and effectively stimulating market vitality.

Under multiple factors, small and medium-sized enterprises are still facing increased cost pressures and worsening operational difficulties. With the increase in government procurement support for small and medium-sized enterprises, new opportunities will arise for them. Among them, there are many instrument and meter projects in government procurement. Therefore, capable small and medium-sized instrument and meter enterprises should actively participate in public bidding, especially in bidding projects specifically aimed at small and medium-sized enterprises. The Instrument Network will continue to pay attention to the dynamics of government procurement projects and provide timely procurement information for instrument and meter enterprises.

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