From Xinhua:
Finance Minister Xie Xuren signed a written application on behalf of China for joining the Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) on Friday.
The signing in the capital marked that the country had officially started the process of joining the GPA, according to an announcement posted on the Ministry of Finance website.
The Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations submitted a list on the opening of the government procurement market to the Secretariat of the World Trade Organization (WTO). [Full Text]