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The GPA is a plurilateral agreement that is potentially open to all WTO members, but only binds the parties to the agreement. The conditions of participation of each applicant will be negotiated with the Parties to the GPA and set out in their respective timetables, which will include several annexes setting out the Party`s obligations with regard to: Currently, 48 WTO Members (including the EU and its 28 Member States) are bound by the Agreement. Australia is the youngest member to join the agreement in early 2019. The GPA aims to open up government procurement to foreign competition in a reciprocal manner and to the extent agreed between WTO Members and to make government procurement more transparent. It provides legal safeguards for the non-discrimination of GPA parties` products, services and suppliers in covered procurement activities, which are currently valued at approximately $1.7 trillion per year. China has proposed major revisions to its Tendering Law (TBL), one of its main government procurement laws and the de facto law that applies to government procurement by state-owned enterprises. The TBL prescribes uniform tendering and tendering procedures for certain categories of procurement projects in China, in particular construction and construction projects, regardless of the type of body conducting the contract. The TBL was introduced in 2000, three years before the Government Procurement Law (GPL), the dominant law governing China`s government procurement activities, with the exception of government procurement and projects covered by the TBL. This paper highlights the key elements of the proposed revisions under the TBL in the context of China`s negotiations on accession to the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA). Home > the WTO news > infocentre > Agreement on Government Procurement The proposed revisions are part of a broader effort in China to revise its 20-year-old government procurement framework. The Ministry of Finance is conducting a review of the GPL, which would take into account conflicts in its application with the TBL, recent reforms to the supply regime and accession to the GPA. In addition, in early 2020, China introduced a foreign investment law that prohibits discrimination against foreign-invested enterprises when sourcing from China. The accession process has two key aspects: the compliance of the acceding member`s legislation with the GPA; and the agreement with the existing parties on the institutions and sectors of public procurement that the acceding member wishes to open up to international competition […].