1. Procurement as mentioned in this Law refers to the behavior of obtaining goods, projects and services by contract, including purchase, lease, entrustment and employment.

2. The goods mentioned in this Law refer to articles in various forms and types, including raw materials, fuels, equipment and products.

3. The term "project" as mentioned in this Law refers to construction projects, including new construction, reconstruction, expansion, decoration, demolition and repair of buildings and structures.

4. the services mentioned in this law refer to other government procurement objects except goods and projects.

Extended information:

Government procurement function:

1. Save financial expenditure and improve the efficiency of purchasing funds. Practice has proved that the government procurement system is an open and transparent procurement system combining centralization and decentralization. From the international experience, the general fund saving rate of government procurement is above 11%.

2. Strengthen macro-control. It is necessary to formulate government procurement laws to give full play to the role of government macro-control to develop the national economy and promote the implementation of policies, such as protecting domestic industries, protecting the environment and supporting underdeveloped areas and small and medium-sized enterprises.

3. The active market economy of government procurement is mainly reflected in the following aspects: the government procurement of commodities, construction projects and services necessary for the normal operation of the government has changed from self-production and self-management to all-round market opening, which greatly activates the market economy;

4. Public bidding and competitive negotiation of government procurement have promoted enterprises to operate in accordance with the laws of market economy, constantly improving product quality, service quality and product competitiveness, and also promoted the activities of market economy.