Only 1 percent of UN procurement is directly from China

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Edited and translated by Liang Jun

Of the 15 billion U.S. dollars spent on procurements every year, the United Nations spends 20 percent on made-in-China products, but only 1 percent of them is directly purchased from China, according to information released on the 2013 global public procurement forum held in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province on Oct. 18.

It means that the United Nations bought a large number of made-China commodities through the third suppliers or other channels, and Chinese enterprises only earned some processing fees, said Zhang Wei, vice president of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade during the forum.

Zhang said among the 6,000 suppliers for the United Nation, 150 of them, or 2.5 percent, were from China; China's share in UNICEF procurement only accounts for a small percentage of that of India.

China should strive to change this situation, which will not only help Chinese enterprises and Chinese products to "go out" to the world but also provide more low-cost purchase channels to international institutions such as the United Nations, Zhang said.

Read the Chinese version: 联合国每年20％采购为"中国制造" 仅1％直接从中国采购

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