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Notice on the issuance of the Implementation Plan for Government Procurement of Agricultural and Sideline Products in Poor Areas

Treasury [2019] No. 41

Central budget units, departments of finance (bureaus), poverty alleviation offices (bureaus), supply and marketing cooperatives of provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, and cities separately listed in the plan, and Finance bureaus, poverty alleviation offices, supply and marketing cooperatives of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps:

In order to implement the "Guiding Opinions of The General Office of the State Council on Deepening Consumption Poverty Alleviation to Help Win the Battle against Poverty" (State Council [2018] No. 129), in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Notice of the Poverty Alleviation Office of The State Council of the Ministry of Finance on the Use of Government Procurement Policies to Support Poverty Alleviation "(Treasury [2019] No. 27), We have formulated the Implementation Plan for Government Procurement of Agricultural and Sideline Products from Poor Areas. The plan is now issued to you, please take into account the actual situation of the region, the unit, earnestly implement.

Annex: Implementation plan for government procurement of agricultural and sideline products in poor areas

Ministry of Finance and State Council Poverty Alleviation Office Supply and marketing cooperation General Bureau

August 5, 2019

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Implementation plan for government procurement of agricultural and sideline products in poor areas

In order to implement the requirements of the Guiding Opinions of The General Office of the State Council on Deepening Consumption Poverty Alleviation to Help Win the Battle against Poverty (State Council [2018] No. 129), according to the relevant provisions of the Notice of the Poverty Alleviation Office of The State Council of the Ministry of Finance on the Use of Government Procurement Policies to Support poverty Alleviation (Finance [2019] No. 27), further make good use of government procurement policies. Encourage the mobilization of budget units at all levels to purchase agricultural and sideline products in poor areas, implement targeted consumption for poverty alleviation, drive the increase in income of poor households, help win the battle against poverty, and formulate this plan.

1. General requirements

To deeply implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's important exposition on poverty alleviation, adhere to the basic strategy of precise poverty alleviation and poverty eradication, adhere to the principles of government guidance, social participation, market operation and mutual benefit and win-win situation, focus on the stable poverty eradication of the poor population and the long-term development of poverty-stricken areas, focus on the national-level poverty-stricken counties (hereinafter referred to as the poverty-stricken counties), especially in profoundly poverty-stricken areas, and aim at promoting the sales of agricultural and sideline products in poverty-stricken areas and increasing the income of poor households. With the goal of promoting the sale of agricultural and sideline products in poor areas and increasing the income of poor households, the government procurement policy is fully utilized to encourage and mobilize budgetary units at all levels to purchase agricultural and sideline products from poor areas by giving priority to purchasing and reserving purchasing shares, so as to help win the battle against poverty.

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2. Mission objectives

By the end of October 2019, an online sales platform for agricultural and sideline products in poor areas integrating "trading, service and supervision" (hereinafter referred to as the online sales platform) will be built to achieve one-stop aggregation of online display, online trading, logistics tracking, online payment and product traceability of agricultural and sideline products in poor areas.

Before the end of October 2019, the list of key poverty-alleviation product suppliers in national-level poor counties (hereinafter referred to as the list of suppliers) will be compiled, the first batch of agricultural and sideline products in poor areas will be settled in the online sales platform, and budget units at all levels will be encouraged to first start the procurement of agricultural and sideline products in poor areas through the online sales platform. Establish a government procurement policy Support consumption poverty alleviation database (hereinafter referred to as the consumption poverty alleviation database), and start the government procurement of agricultural and sideline products in poor areas procurement transaction data statistics.

Since 2020, budget units at all levels have fully launched the procurement of agricultural and sideline products in poor areas through the online sales platform, and the Ministry of Finance and the Poverty Alleviation Office of The State Council rely on the online sales platform to regularly collect statistics and report the procurement situation. The list of suppliers has been dynamically updated and enriched to improve, and the whole society has been widely involved in the procurement of agricultural and sideline products in poor areas. The online sales platform has gradually expanded to the field of non-governmental procurement, and the enthusiasm and activity of the whole society in purchasing agricultural and sideline products in poor areas has been significantly enhanced.

3. Key work

(1) Strengthening the organization of sources of agricultural and sideline products in poor areas.

The Poverty Alleviation Office of The State Council shall organize and guide relevant provinces to strengthen the organization of the supply of agricultural and sideline products in poor areas and establish and improve the supply system.

Poverty alleviation departments in poor counties shall organize the supply of agricultural and sideline products under the leadership of local district Party committees and governments, recommend to provincial poverty alleviation departments agricultural and sideline products in the region and market entities such as enterprises, cooperatives and family farms with strong ability to bring about poverty, good product quality and good faith, and review the effectiveness of the proposed market entities in bringing about poverty and benefiting the poor and issue relevant certificates. Poor counties should guide market players in their regions to develop their own distinctive and advantageous industries in accordance with market demand, build regional public brands, and realize the traceability of the origin and quality of agricultural and sideline products in poor areas.

The poverty alleviation offices of relevant provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) shall, in light of the actual poverty alleviation efforts of their respective regions, examine the agricultural and sideline products and market players recommended by the poverty-stricken counties together with relevant departments, and submit to the Poverty alleviation Office of The State Council a list of key agricultural and sideline products and suppliers for poverty alleviation in their respective regions. The list of products and suppliers should be tilted towards deeply poor areas, and priority should be given to market players participating in the "10,000 enterprises helping 10,000 villages" action of private enterprises across the country.

The Poverty Alleviation Office of The State Council selects and summarizes key poverty alleviation products and suppliers submitted by relevant provincial (autonomous region and municipal) poverty alleviation departments to form a list of suppliers.

(2) Build sales platforms for agricultural and sideline products in poor areas.

Supply and Marketing Cooperative General Agency in accordance with the relevant requirements of the Ministry of Finance and the Poverty Alleviation Office of The State Council, rely on the existing platform to rebuild, build and operate the online sales platform (website: www.fupin832.com).

In accordance with the principle of implementing the policy requirements of government procurement to support poverty alleviation and conforming to the characteristics of e-commerce transactions, the online sales platform formulates and improves transaction rules, prepares user operation manuals, and provides convenient and efficient transaction services for purchasers and suppliers; The market entities listed in the list of suppliers are registered and launched in accordance with the relevant requirements of the online sales platform, and the poverty alleviation offices of relevant provinces and poverty-stricken counties conduct online checks on the identity of suppliers; Improve the platform's online bargaining, price monitoring, integrity evaluation and other functions, and establish and improve the platform's transaction dispute handling mechanism in accordance with market-oriented principles; Do a good job in transaction information statistics, include all types of procurement entities in the scope of statistics, and provide data support for transaction supervision and information statistics of financial and poverty alleviation departments at all levels.

The network sales platform implements "zero charge". In addition to the channel fee, third-party service fee and performance bond collected by the platform in accordance with commercial principles, the supplier will not be charged admission fee, platform usage fee and other related fees, and the transaction service fee will not be charged to the budget unit.

Actively explore the connection between the online sales platform and other sales platforms of agricultural and sideline products in poor areas approved by the Ministry of Finance and the Poverty Alleviation Office of The State Council, broaden the channels for budget units to purchase agricultural and sideline products in poor areas, and expand the influence of the platform.

(3) Organize and guide budget units to purchase agricultural and sideline products from poor areas.

Financial departments at all levels are responsible for summarizing information such as the proportion of agricultural and sideline products reserved by budget units for purchase in poor areas, and guiding budget units at the same level to purchase agricultural and sideline products in poor areas. Each budget unit shall strengthen the planning and arrangement of the procurement of agricultural and sideline products, purchase agricultural and sideline products in poor areas through the online sales platform in accordance with the reserved proportion, and pay for the goods in strict accordance with the contract agreement, and shall not be delayed.

Trade union organizations of budget units at all levels are encouraged to purchase trade union welfare and comfort goods through online sales platforms. The trade union purchase amount of the relevant unit shall be included in the poverty alleviation statistics of the unit. Central enterprises and local state-owned enterprises that undertake the task of fixed-point assistance are encouraged to reserve a certain proportion of procurement and purchase agricultural and sideline products in poor areas through online sales platforms.

The Poverty Alleviation Office of The State Council relies on the consumption poverty alleviation database to collect and summarize the purchasing situation of various regions and units as an important basis for its participation in consumption poverty alleviation. Under any of the following circumstances, purchases may be made through other channels, and the amount of purchases shall be included in the statistical scope of the consumption poverty alleviation database:

(1) The budget unit that undertakes the task of poverty alleviation cooperation and the budget unit of the poverty alleviation task in the poor county buys the agricultural and sideline products of the poverty alleviation cooperation area and the poverty alleviation task in the poverty-stricken county, and can provide the task certificate, the purchase voucher, the poverty-alleviation effect and other relevant supporting materials;

(2) The budget unit of the poverty-stricken county purchases the agricultural and sideline products of the county, and is able to provide purchase vouchers, poverty effectiveness and other relevant supporting materials;

(3) Under the guidance of the Poverty Alleviation Office of The State Council, the provinces (regions and municipalities) and the central designated poverty alleviation units organize the centralized procurement of agricultural and sideline products of poor counties in their own regions, systems and industries through production and marketing matchmaking meetings, and can provide purchasing vouchers, poverty alleviation results and other relevant supporting materials;

(4) Other procurement acts jointly approved by the Poverty Alleviation Office of The State Council and the Ministry of Finance.

Budget units with the above situation need to upload supporting materials to the consumer poverty alleviation database on a monthly basis, of which the effect of bringing poverty mainly refers to the number of poor people and the amount of income, which is reported to the provincial poverty alleviation office after the initial review of the poverty alleviation office in the poor county. Budget units that purchase agricultural and sideline products from poor counties in poverty alleviation cooperation areas also need to be reviewed by local poverty alleviation cooperation departments.

4. Working mechanism

(1) Organizing a guarantee mechanism. The Ministry of Finance, the Poverty Alleviation Office of The State Council, together with the General Bureau of Supply and Marketing Cooperation and other relevant departments will coordinate the procurement of agricultural and sideline products in poor areas. All provincial financial departments and poverty alleviation departments shall establish cooperation mechanisms with relevant departments such as supply and marketing, clarify responsibilities, form joint forces, and promote, guide and coordinate the procurement of agricultural and sideline products in poor areas of the region as a whole. Under the leadership of local Party committees and governments, financial departments and poverty alleviation departments in poverty-stricken counties should actively guide relevant local institutions to establish a financial guarantee mechanism and provide financial support for the sale of agricultural and sideline products in poverty-stricken areas by means of insurance, guarantee and small loans. Based on the comprehensive demonstration of e-commerce into rural areas, we will build and improve the rural e-commerce public service system in poor areas, and strengthen the construction of the logistics distribution system. Supply and marketing cooperatives at all levels should actively connect with suppliers, assist poverty alleviation departments to do a good job in the organization of supply sources, publicity and training, and poverty alleviation attribute tracing, provide warehousing, logistics, e-commerce operations and other services for suppliers, and cooperate with relevant departments to do a good job in product quality tracing.

(2) interest linkage mechanism. Poverty alleviation departments at all levels should take promoting the sales of agricultural and sideline products in poor areas and increasing the income of registered poor households as their main goals, establish and improve the interest linkage mechanism between registered poor households and suppliers, and effectively reflect the effectiveness of government procurement to support poverty alleviation in helping poor areas get rid of poverty and increase the income of poor households. To bring the poor effect of good suppliers can be given priority and focus on promoting. Suppliers who cheat with the effect of poverty will be disqualified, and those with serious circumstances will be notified of their poverty-stricken counties and provinces.

(3) Publicity and guidance mechanism. Financial departments and poverty alleviation departments at all levels should do a good job of training and guidance for budget units at the same level, strengthen publicity of government procurement policies and effectiveness in supporting poverty alleviation, carry out pilot demonstrations in some areas, summarize and promote typical cases and excellent practices in a timely manner, and encourage and guide budget units at all levels to increase procurement of agricultural and by-product products in poor areas.

(4) Incentive and constraint mechanism. The Ministry of Finance and the Poverty Alleviation Office of The State Council will regularly report on budget units' purchases of agricultural and sideline products from poor areas, relevant provinces' promotion of government procurement to support poverty alleviation, and suppliers' efforts to benefit the poor. Budgetary units and localities that have worked actively and achieved notable results shall be notified and praised. Establish supplier evaluation and exit mechanism. Suppliers that engage in fraud, shoddy or market disruption will be disqualified from entering and listing, suppliers with serious product quality and food safety problems will be held accountable according to relevant laws and regulations, and will be notified to the poverty-stricken counties where they are located; Inform the poor counties and their provinces where suppliers have more problems, and restrict or cancel their qualifications to recommend agricultural and sideline products and market players in their regions in serious cases.

(5) Supervision and reporting mechanism. Adhere to the sunshine operation, accept public supervision. If the platform or supplier is found to have violations of laws and regulations, false concealment, etc., it can promptly report to the special class of Poverty alleviation work of the Poverty Alleviation Office of The State Council and the "12317" supervision hotline. The Poverty Alleviation Office of The State Council will entrust a third party to carry out verification and assessment, organize experts and the media to carry out unannounced visits, and resolutely put an end to fraud, taking advantage of wealth and "free riding".

5. Implementation steps

Before September 15, 2019, the provincial poverty alleviation departments will report the "Recommended List of Key Poverty alleviation Product Suppliers in Poor Counties" filled in by the poor counties in their regions (Annex 1) and the "Recommended List of Key Poverty Alleviation Product Suppliers in Poor Counties" (Annex 2) after verification to the Poverty Alleviation Office of The State Council for summary.

Before the end of October 2019, the online sales platform was put into operation, the consumption poverty alleviation database system was launched, and pilot demonstrations were launched in some regions. The Poverty Alleviation Office of The State Council, together with relevant departments, issued the first batch of supplier lists, and the General Office of Supply and Marketing Cooperation launched supplier training. Provincial financial departments, together with poverty alleviation departments, shall summarize the proportion of procurement shares reserved by local budget units and report it to the Ministry of Finance for record.

Starting from 2020, budget units at all levels have fully launched the procurement of agricultural and sideline products in poverty-stricken areas. The Ministry of Finance and the Poverty Alleviation Office of The State Council regularly report the purchase of agricultural and sideline products by budget units in poverty-stricken areas, the promotion of government procurement in relevant provinces to support poverty alleviation, and the promotion of suppliers to benefit the poor, and the poverty alleviation Office of The State Council has organized verification and evaluation work.

If you encounter any problems during the implementation of the plan, please report them to the relevant departments in time. Treasury Department, Ministry of Finance: 010-68552389, 68553724; Department of Poverty Alleviation, Poverty Alleviation Office of The State Council: 010-84419783; Finance Department of Supply and Marketing Cooperation: 010-66050431.

If you encounter any problems in the operation of the network sales platform system and the specific transaction process, please contact 010-80889017; E-mail: fupin832@fupin832.com.

Appendix: 1. Recommended list of key poverty-alleviation product suppliers in national-level poverty-stricken counties

  2. Suggested list of key poverty-alleviation product suppliers in national-level poverty-stricken counties

Appendix 1: Recommended List of key poverty alleviation product suppliers in national-level poor counties

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