Public Procurement in Chinese Law and Practice

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This book aims to present an overview of government procurement of public services in China. It introduces three types of government procurement of public service and analyzes the legal boundaries, legal subjects, purchasing methods, regulation and legal remedy system around it. At the end, the ways of improving law system are brought up for policy suggestion. It helps readers understand how procurement of public services proceeds in China. About This Book Contents About the Author 1 Introduction 1.1 Factors Affecting the Ways of Public Service Supply 1.1.1 Government Roles 1.1.2 The Autonomy of the Government 1.1.3 The Roles of the Market 1.2 Choice of Public Service Supply Mode 1.2.1 Administrative Supply 1.2.2 Supply with Market Contracts 1.3 Development of Market Contractual Supply 2 Basic Theories of Government Procurement of Public Services 2.1 Overview 2.1.1 Concept Definition 2.1.2 Basic Properties 2.1.3 Main Features 2.1.4 Development Status 2.2 Theoretical Framework 2.2.1 New Public Management Theory 2.2.2 Service-Oriented Government Theory 2.3 Practical Foundations 2.3.1 Historical Necessity 2.3.2 Practical Necessity 2.3.3 Realistic Feasibility 2.4 Basic Principles 2.4.1 The Principle of Cooperation and Coordination 2.4.2 The Principle of Competitive Benefit 2.4.3 The Principle of Responsibility and Credit 2.4.4 The Principle of Legal Reservation 3 Statutory Boundaries for Government Procurement in Public Services 3.1 Theoretical Analysis 3.1.1 The Meanings of “Public Service” 3.1.2 The Enlightenment of Extraterritorial Definition 3.1.3 Elements of Boundary Recognition 3.2 The Actual Situation in China 3.2.1 Research on Boundary Establishment 3.2.2 The Practice of Establishing Boundaries 3.2.3 The Problems of Boundary Establishment 3.3 Legislative Principles 3.3.1 The Principle of Legal Reservations 3.3.2 Benchmark Guarantee Principle 3.3.3 The Principle of Equal Supply of Public Services 3.3.4 Step by Step Principle 3.4 Specific Types 3.4.1 Compulsory Procurement 3.4.2 Prohibited Procurement 3.4.3 Discretionary Procurement 4 The Subject of Legal Relationship in Government Procurement of Public Services 4.1 Institutional Choice of Subjects 4.1.1 Subjects of Procurement 4.1.2 Undertaken Organizer 4.1.3 Service Objects 4.2 The Dilemma of the Disciplinary System 4.2.1 Legislative Flaws and Difficulties 4.2.2 Disadvantages of the Government as the Main Body of Public Service Supply 4.2.3 Defects of Citizens as the Subject of Public Service Supply 4.3 Legal Countermeasures to Perfect the System of Public Service Supply Subject 4.3.1 The Guiding Ideology of Reforming and Improving Public Services 4.3.2 Legal Countermeasures for Perfecting Reform 5 The Government's Commitment Mechanism for Purchasing Public Services 5.1 Connotation and Functions 5.1.1 Connotation and Elements 5.1.2 Basic Functions 5.2 Empirical Analysis 5.2.1 A Local Exploration 5.2.2 Existing Problems 5.3 Legal Countermeasures for Establishing and Improving the Undertaking Mechanism 5.3.1 Scientifically Set the Access Conditions for Undertaking the Main Bodies 5.3.2 Standardize the Operating Procedures of the Undertaking Mechanism 5.3.3 Reasonably Determine the Legal Methods of the Undertaking Mechanism 5.3.4 Public Disclosure of Statutory Information on the Undertaking Mechanism 6 Statutory Ways for the Government Procurement of Public Services 6.1 Forms, Legal Nature and Privileges of Procurement Contract 6.1.1 The Basic Forms of the Procurement Contract 6.1.2 The Legal Nature of the Procurement Contract 6.1.3 The Procurement Contract Contains Privileges 6.2 Signing of Procurement Contracts 6.2.1 Allocation of Rights of the Subject of the Procurement Contract 6.2.2 Requirements for Drafting Contract Terms 6.2.3 Main Contents of the Procurement Contract 6.3 Principles of Performance of Procurement Contracts 6.3.1 The Principle of Full Implementation 6.3.2 The Principle of Good Faith 6.3.3 The Principle of Change of Circumstances 6.4 Torts and Liability in Performance of Procurement Contracts 6.4.1 Occurrence of Infringement of Performance of Procurement Contracts 6.4.2 Torts and Liabilities of Non-interested Third Parties 6.4.3 The Torts and Liabilities of the Undertaking Subject 6.4.4 Torts and Liability of Service Objects 6.5 Special Issues in the Performance of Procurement Contracts 6.5.1 Subcontract Performance of the Procurement Contracts 6.5.2 The Supplementary Contract of the Procurement Contracts 6.5.3 The Performance Guarantee of the Procurement Contracts 7 Regulatory Mechanisms for Government Procurement of Public Services 7.1 Overview of Regulatory Mechanisms 7.1.1 The Meanings of the Regulatory Mechanism 7.1.2 Goals of the Regulatory Mechanism 7.1.3 The Functions of the Regulatory Mechanism 7.2 Statutory Regulatory Agencies 7.2.1 Overview of Related Situations Outside the Territory 7.2.2 The Setting Modes of China's Regulatory Agencies 7.2.3 The Conception of China’s Regulatory Agencies 7.2.4 The Statutory Powers of China’s Regulatory Agencies 7.3 Supervision of Government Procurement Contracts 7.3.1 Regulatory Bodies and Responsibilities 7.3.2 Regulatory Contents 7.3.3 Regulatory Approaches 7.3.4 Regulatory Principles 7.3.5 Regulatory Penalty System 7.4 Improvement and Perfection of Supervision Mechanism 7.4.1 Dilemmas of Regulatory Mechanism 7.4.2 Legal Assumption of Perfecting Supervision Mechanism 8 The Legal Remedy System for Government’s Procurement Public Services 8.1 The Value of Legal Remedy System for Government’s Procurement Public Services 8.1.1 Important Guarantee to Realize the Procurement Rights 8.1.2 The Necessary Elements to Improve the Procurement System 8.1.3 The Inevitable Initiative to Exert Administration According to Law 8.2 Remedy Objects and Remedy Rights and Interests 8.2.1 The Procurement Subjects and Its Remedy Rights and Interests 8.2.2 The Undertaking Subjects and Its Remedy Rights and Interests 8.2.3 The Service Recipients and Their Remedy Rights 8.2.4 The General Public and Their Remedy Rights and Interests 8.3 Existing Remedy Methods 8.3.1 Public Remedy 8.3.2 Social Remedy 8.3.3 Self-Remedy 8.4 Deficiencies of the Remedy System 8.4.1 Lack of an Independent Remedy System 8.4.2 The Administrative Power Tends to Dominate the Remedy 8.4.3 The Remedy Scope is Narrow 8.4.4 The Singularity of Legal Remedies 8.4.5 Incomplete Supporting Mechanism 8.5 Legal Measures to Improve the Remedy System 8.5.1 To Figure Out the Value of the Remedy System 8.5.2 To Select a Remedy Mode with a Science-Based Approach 8.5.3 To Establish a Remedy Mechanism of Administrative Modesty and Restraint 8.5.4 To Establish a Specialized Third-Party Mechanism 8.5.5 To Establish and Improve the Public Interest Litigation System 9 How to Improve the Legal System of Government Procurement of Public Services 9.1 The Situation of Law System for Chinese Government Procurement of Public Services 9.1.1 The General Situations 9.1.2 Basic Features 9.2 The Main Problems 9.2.1 The Unclear Objects of Legal Regulations 9.2.2 The Lack of a Comprehensive Legal System 9.2.3 Insufficient Authority of Legal Regulations 9.2.4 Messy and Fuzzy Legal Norms 9.2.5 The Lack of Supporting Laws 9.3 The Characteristics of the Legal System for Procurement of Public Services Outside the Territory 9.3.1 The Influence of Legal Tradition on Legal Forms 9.3.2 The Reflection of Market Contracts 9.3.3 The Guiding and Safeguarding Role of Laws 9.4 Strategies and Ways to Solve the Defects 9.4.1 Path Selection 9.4.2 The Main Contents of Improvement 9.4.3 The Legislative Principles