China's economic integration into global regulatory frameworks: A study of government procurement |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Social Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China;2. East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore;1. Department of Asian and Policy Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong;2. Institute of Health Economics and Management, ESSEC Business School (Asia-Pacific), Singapore;3. Division of Social Science and Division of Environment, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong;4. Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, The National University of Singapore, Singapore;1. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Way, Hong Kong, China;2. Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, 777 Guoding Road, Shanghai, China |
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| Abstract: | This paper examines the extent of China's integration in the global economy and its ability to implement the WTO commitments by using government procurement as a case study. This paper argues that the domestic framework of government procurement has been gradually harmonized with the WTO commitments. Full implementation of the commitments has been constrained by several factors: policy elites consider government procurement to be a drive of cost saving and against corruption instead of a policy of spurring trade liberalization. There are still significant discrepancies between the domestic and international regulatory frameworks. Besides that, the implementation contradicts the policy priorities of local state actors on whom the policy of elites heavily depend for success. The Chinese government's capacity in enforcing international agreements has further been undermined by the structural problems of the administration. |
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