ANNOUNCEMENT 01 Jul 2014

In July 2014, the government of China announced a change in the access to public tenders.

NUMBER OF INTERVENTIONS

1

  • 1 harmful
  • 0 neutral
  • 0 liberalising

SOURCE



Bloomberg. (2014). China Said to Exclude Apple From Procurement List. Available at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-06/china-said-to-exclude-apple-from-procurement-list.html

Techcrunch. (2014). China Apparently Takes Apple Off Procurement Lists In Bid to Limit Overseas Influence. Available at http://techcrunch.com/2014/08/06/china-apparently-takes-apple-off-procurement-lists-in-bid-to-limit-overseas-influence/?ncid=rss

Chinadigitaltimes. (2014). Apple Excluded from Official Procurement 'Updated'. Available at http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2014/08/apple-excluded-chinese-government-procurement/


Inception date: 01 Jul 2014 | Removal date: 30 Dec 2014
Still in force

Public procurement access

In July 2014, the National Development and Reform Commission of China and the Ministry of Finance published a final report, banning the purchase of ten Apple Inc. products. This new rule applies to all central Communist Party departments, government ministries and local governments.
In January 2015, the list of banned products, including many other foreign IT producers, will be reviewed again.
 

AFFECTED SECTORS

 
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AFFECTED PRODUCTS

 
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