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The Ministry of Finance the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently issued the Notice on Expanding the Implementation Scope of Government Procurement Supporting Green Building Materials to Promote Building Quality Improvement Policies. All cities municipal districts implement the policy of government procurement to support green building materials to promote building quality improvement including the previous 6 pilot cities.According to the notice the projects included in the scope of implementation of the policy include government procurement projects such as hospitals schools office buildings complexes exhibition halls convention and exhibition centers gymnasiums and affordable housing including government procurement projects that are subject to the Bidding and Bidding Law. Relevant cities can choose to implement some projects first and gradually expand the scope on the basis of summarizing experience. By 2025 the full coverage of government procurement engineering project policy implementation will be achieved. In addition other government investment projects are encouraged to be included in the scope of implementation.The notice requires all relevant cities to strictly implement the Government Procurement Demand Standards for Green Buildings and Green Building Materials formulated by the Ministry of Finance the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. If the government procurement projects included in the scope of policy implementation involve the use of green building materials in the above-mentioned demand standards all building materials that meet the relevant standards shall be purchased and used.At the same time the settlement of the project price shall be carried out with priority. For projects included in the scope of policy implementation the proportion of project price settlement must be increased and the proportion of project progress payment shall not be lower than 80 of the completed project price. The settlement of the construction process is also implemented. The contracting parties agree on the contract to divide the construction process into construction periods according to time or progress nodes and calculate confirm and pay for the projects that have been completed and undisputed within the period.
