For domestic companies committed to innovation, this is a long-awaited good news.
Ministry of Finance recently issued a new policy on Government Procurement: For the first domestic enterprises or research institutions and independent research and development, in line with national economic development, representing the products of advanced technology development, government procurement will be great support, through purchase and order in the form of first priority purchase. This means that, with the state support increasing the degree of innovation to enjoy more of the "sun and rain."
Over the years, we often see this in the media coverage: in some places, is the focus of government procurement through open bidding to reduce procurement costs and prices, while domestic brands, own small efforts to offer innovative products, some of China's own research and development of energy-saving, environmentally friendly products, often shut out because the price is government procurement.
A company has years of sharpening swords, developed LED (semiconductor) lighting. This product not only pollution from production to scrapping the whole, and the traditional light bulb power consumption is only 1 / 10, life is the number of times or even 100 times. If a city 200 000 street lamps, are using this light will save several hundred million dollars a year in electricity costs, equivalent to annual savings of approximately 60,000 tons of standard coal, nearly 11 tons of carbon dioxide emissions.
This energy saving products, research and development costs are high because of the price disadvantage, "power does not save money", but is blocked outside of the government procurement list. There are many similar examples.
Government Procurement Law of 5 years, it should be said that in the lead the government to save money, the contribution of many, but in guiding industrial development, to support independent innovation is still not done. From the international point of view, the latter - in government procurement "policy function" - is more important.
Capacity for independent innovation is the country's core competitiveness. However, the promotion of independent innovation, enhance core competitiveness, market alone an invisible "hand" is not enough. Innovative technologies or products are often a large initial investment, research and development costs are high, marketing difficulties, and similar products on the market competition often at a disadvantage. This policy only need tangible "hands" to encourage and guide, and take various measures to encourage conservation.
For example, companies investing in the development of high-tech products, if you can not find in the market demand may lead to not justify the investment company, business unsustainable. In this case, the Government can own innovative products and services to more than the price of similar products of other general, the priority to buy. Through price concessions, not only can help enterprises out of difficulties, and resolve commercial sales risks, and benefits through price concessions to enhance the ability of technology development.
Use of government procurement policies to promote their technology and product innovation, has become international practice. As early as 30 years in the last century, the U.S. government in "American Products Act", "Federal Procurement Law" and other laws, developed innovative technologies and products of national priority procurement and other related content, so that in the United States to go high-tech development the head of the world. Japan, Germany and many other countries, local enterprises and brand bigger and stronger, but also benefit from government procurement policy to encourage and support.
The practice of States shows that government procurement of independent innovation to tilt the balance, the demonstration effect is much higher than the government procurement policy and funding their own direct effects that occur, will greatly stimulate innovation and passion of the producers.
In building an innovative country today, government procurement, better use of incentive mechanisms independent innovation, there is much work to be done. Priority is to establish strict definition of independent innovation system products and technologies, objective and impartial evaluation, assessment of market potential for products to make government procurement more open, fair, just and truly improve the country's core competitiveness of the boosters.
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