Legal System Construction Of The Governmental Purchase Of Public Services

In modern society, providing public service is one of the government’s primary duties. Thegovernmental purchase of public services is one of such important mean to fulfill government’sduty. In detail, the governmental purchase of public services means that governmental institutionsand public departments transfer state-borne or institution-borne public service to professional andexperienced social organizations, in terms of contracts and also according to legal process andpurchase categories. The government, subsequently, pay the service fees in the criteria of thequantity and quality of the services that the social organizations implemented.Chinese government has established several principles since2003. However, no law in thecontext of national legal system offers a clear definition of public services. Even though some rulesin different provinces and areas claim the idea, which lack of guidance and detailed instruction,cannot be applied exactly due to its lack of supportive instructions, insufficient real practices,imperfect assessment approaches and different attention being paid by the local governments. Thus,the purchase of public services cannot executive properly without clear law or rule being referred.Current researches only focus on the different models and systems, not come down tolegislation. Therefore, studying the legislation for purchase of public services is quite necessary.The research can contribute to building a better jurisprudence and complementing related rules.Only according to the construction of Jurisprudence, can the public services develop sustainably.