Study On The Government Procurement Policy For Certified Paper Products

After ten years of development,China Forest Certification Scheme(CFCS)has achieved great success growing out of nothing and moving towards international.It is not difficult to find that the Chinese government plays a major role in CFCS’ adoption,establishment and promotion.As CFCS has been basically constructed,the Chinese government should change the direction of policy from CFCS’ establishment to its implementation.For their countries’ sustainable forest management and the development of forest certification,many western developed countries such as Japan,New Zealand and European Union countries all implemented their forest products public procurement.Our government should also construct and implement our own government procurement policy(GPP)for certified forest products.But,a noticeable reality is that markets for certified forest products have not been formed.Therefore it’s impossible to carry out a comprehensive GPP for all kinds of certified forest products.However,compared to other certified forest products,the market for certified paper products is relatively mature.With certified paper products as a breakthrough,a pilot program of China’s GPP for certified paper products can be feasible.The study focused on the GPP for certified paper products.Firstly,this paper analyzed two basic theories including green government procurement policy(GGPP)principles and forest certification theories.Secondly,the development course of Chinese forest certification scheme and influences of mutual recognition for CFCS and PEFC are discussed.Thirdly,quantitative analysis of paper products markets is presented.Fourthly,three existing conditions—government procurement legal basis,GGPP system for Energy Conservation Products(ECP)and Environmental Products(EP)and policy support for green development—for the implementation of GPP for certified paper products are studied.Pilot program for China’s GPP for certified paper products are proposed.At last,several suggestions and conclusions for the further development of GPP for certified forest products are pointed out.The conclusions of this paper are as follows:(1)GGPP has important leading function and it’s significant for green industry formation and green products supply and consumption.For sustainable forest management and forest certification’s development,many western developed countries such as Japan,New Zealand and European Union countries all implemented their forest products public procurement.For CFCS’s better development,Chinese government should also construct and implement our own GPP for certified forest products.(2)The mutual recognition for CFCS and PEFC will bring PEFC/CFCC certified products more market shares.The implementation of GPP for certified forest products will expand government’s demand for forest certification products and be conducive to enterprise’s growth and international competitiveness.(3)China’s markets for certified forest products are not mature.It’s impossible to implement a comprehensive GPP for all kinds of certified forest products.However,compared to other certified forest products,the market for certified paper products is relatively mature.With certified paper products as a breakthrough,a pilot program of China’s GPP for certified paper products will lay the foundation of government procurement’s further promotion.(4)GPP for ECP and EP will provide the beneficial reference for GPP for certified paper products.In addition,the statement of green development,the issue of Guidance On Promoting Green Consumption and the new reform direction of introducing green purchase standard into product supply chain will offer policy supports for GPP for certified paper products.(5)The pilot program of China’s GPP for certified paper products includes policy framework and list management,which has good practicability.The government should do more to promote GPP for certified forest products.Some suggestions are as follows: Firstly,formulate the correlation rules and regulations in order to consummate the system of laws and regulations.Then,issue supporting measures,such as subsidy policy,product purchase preferential policy and preferential tax policy.At last,expand the market of forest certification by carrying out GPP for certified forest products,expanding the scope of the pilot,and enhancing forest certification propaganda.