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China's 2025 government procurement totals 3.32 trillion yuan, SMEs win nearly 70% of contracts
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China's Ministry of Finance released the 2025 national government procurement summary, reporting a total procurement scale of 33,212.96 billion yuan. The breakdown shows goods procurement at 7,953.92 billion yuan (23.95%), engineering at 13,045.08 billion yuan (39.28%), and services at 12,213.96 billion yuan (36.77%). In terms of organization, centralized procurement accounted for 18.8%, departmental centralized procurement 3.07%, and decentralized procurement 78.12%. Open tendering dominated procurement methods at 77.49%. The report highlights the growing role of procurement policy: mandatory and preferential procurement of energy-saving and water-saving products reached 384.86 billion yuan (90.92% of similar products), and preferential procurement of environmental products reached 812.68 billion yuan (87.41%). Contracts awarded to small and medium enterprises totaled 23,081.62 billion yuan, or 69.49% of total procurement, with micro and small enterprises receiving 63.42% of that amount. Over 100 billion yuan was spent on agricultural products from poverty-alleviated regions via the '832' platform. The top central procurement units were the National Health Commission, Ministry of Education, and Chinese Academy of Sciences; top provincial procurers were Guangdong, Sichuan, and Shanghai.
Source report
The Ministry of Finance has released a summary of national government procurement activities for 2025.
Overall Scale
In 2025, the total scale of national government procurement reached 3,321.296 billion yuan. The breakdown by category is as follows:
- Goods: 795.392 billion yuan (23.95%)
- Projects: 1,304.508 billion yuan (39.28%)
- Services: 1,221.396 billion yuan (36.77%)
Procurement by Organizational Form
- Centralized government procurement: 624.443 billion yuan (18.80%)
- Departmental centralized procurement: 102.115 billion yuan (3.07%)
- Decentralized procurement: 2,594.738 billion yuan (78.12%)
Procurement by Method
The proportion of total procurement scale by method:
- Open tender: 77.49%
- Invited tender: 0.89%
- Competitive negotiation: 1.75%
- Competitive consultation: 12.35%
- Single-source procurement: 3.12%
- Price inquiry: 0.65%
- Framework agreement procurement: 3.71%
Policy Functions
Support for Green Development
- Energy-saving and water-saving products: 38.486 billion yuan in mandatory and priority procurement, accounting for 90.92% of similar product procurement.
- Environmentally friendly products: 81.268 billion yuan in priority procurement, accounting for 87.41% of similar product procurement.
Support for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)
- Total contract value awarded to SMEs: 2,308.162 billion yuan, representing 69.49% of the national total.
- Of this, contracts awarded to small and micro enterprises amounted to 1,463.849 billion yuan, accounting for 63.42% of the total value awarded to SMEs.
Support for Rural Revitalization
Government entities at all levels purchased over 10 billion yuan of agricultural and sideline products from formerly impoverished areas through the "832" online sales platform. This initiative has effectively increased the income of households lifted out of poverty and promoted the development of rural industries.
Top Procuring Entities by Project Volume
Central Government Units (Top 5)
- National Health Commission
- Ministry of Education
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Ministry of Science and Technology
- State Taxation Administration
Local Government Units (Top 5 Provinces)
- Guangdong Province
- Sichuan Province
- Shanghai Municipality
- Shandong Province
- Jiangsu Province
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China's 2025 government procurement totals 3.321 trillion yuan, with 69.49% to SMEs