A few days ago, Shishi Hualian Garment Accessories Co., Ltd. was awarded the "United Nations procurement supplier" certificate.

This is the first case in the field of garment accessories production in Quanzhou, with the approval of the United Nations Development Programme, the International Labour Organization and the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for refugees.

United Nations procurement is one of the largest international group purchases.

In order to maintain its normal operation, the United Nations and its subsidiary bodies must purchase large quantities of goods and services every year, which is called "United Nations procurement".

The relevant information of the United Nations procurement division shows that the goods and services purchased by the United Nations system through various channels are as high as 3 billion to 5 billion US dollars per year.

When the United Nations chooses a "global sourcing supplier" in a country or region, it will generally carry out strict qualification examination. After investigating the strength, scale and product quality of the selected objects, only one or two excellent enterprises in the same industry will be selected as the "joint sourcing supplier".

According to the analysis of the industry, obtaining the designated supplier qualification of the United Nations procurement and holding a certain market share in the procurement of the United Nations is an important symbol that the enterprise product is recognized by the international market.

At the same time, in the process of participating in the United Nations procurement, enterprises can directly understand the operation rules and requirements of the international market, and promote enterprises to speed up product structure adjustment, improve product quality and competitiveness.

Huang Xiangxiao, director of Hualian company, said that the purpose of "United Nations procurement suppliers" is to strive for more space for the expansion of the international market, and also to help improve the visibility of enterprises.

After obtaining this qualification, they will be more convenient in participating in the procurement and bidding activities of the United Nations. If there is such a large-scale activity, the other party will promptly notify the enterprises to participate in the bidding, production and supply of products, and give the "United Nations procurement supplier" priority under the same conditions.

"After the acquisition of the United Nations procurement supplier, we expect to get an order of US $20 million per year, and it will increase in the future."

He said.

Huang Xiangxiao said they learned that the "United Nations procurement supplier" information was a year ago.

Last year, when participating in some business exchange activities, the company owner learned that there was a "United Nations procurement supplier" information, and thought that his company was fully qualified and capable of participating in the competition, so he took part in the related training activities.

"From the beginning of the year, we formally submitted applications for registration to the relevant UN agencies, and eventually we had to get approval and approval. We probably lasted more than half a year.

During this period, we only provided more than 40 kinds of certificates.

He said

Subsequently, the United Nations dispatched a team of experts to inspect the production scale, product technology, raw materials, product quality, safety factor and environmental protection standard of the enterprise, and conducted a multi survey on the market share, popularity and reputation of the company's products through the third party.

After a rigorous inspection, Quanzhou garment accessories industry's first "United Nations procurement supplier" finally settled in Shishi in early August this year.

"However, the relevant personnel of the procurement and supply division of the United Nations each year need to investigate the audit once, which is mainly concerned about whether the scale of the enterprise is smaller or pferred to other industries, while assessing whether the quality of production is still stable."

Huang Xiangxiao said.

It is understood that at present, Quanzhou is striving for the "United Nations procurement supplier" of enterprises, and also spell card (China) Co., Ltd.

To this end, during the 2008 UN spring cultural festival held in United Nations Headquarters in April this year, the company became one of the Chinese supporting enterprises of the Cultural Festival, hoping to publicize its brand internationally and lay the foundation for enterprises to enter the UN Procurement Market.

At the beginning of this year, the United Nations cultural and educational delegation led by Stephen Kesabela, President of the United Nations General trade union, went to Shishi to inspect the company. The team also visited North American president of the International Chamber of Commerce in the United States, Richard Don.

During the inspection, Stephen Kesabela said that Fujian enterprises have full strength to enter the UN Procurement System and become a designated supplier of the United Nations.

Richard Tong believes that the United Nations, a huge international sourcing group, is increasingly concerned about the purchase of Chinese goods and the Chinese market.

He hopes that more companies in Fujian will find their way into the market to expand exports of products and services and open the international market with the help of United Nations signboards.

It is learnt that as the United Nations itself has some international aid, its global sourcing tends to be small and medium-sized in developing countries, especially in developing countries.

The actual contents of the United Nations procurement include medicine, food, machinery, office and other 28 categories, 457 sub categories, a total of tens of thousands of products and services, covering almost all products and industry areas.

Some experts believe that as long as product quality, price and corporate integrity are guaranteed, domestic enterprises can strive to become United Nations procurement suppliers.