Beijing quietly pushes localities to 'buy Chinese' in high tech

Procurement rules covering medical equipment to hit GE, Siemen, Canon

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The Chinese government is requiring local authorities to "buy Chinese" with new procurement guidelines. © Reuters

SHUNSUKE TABETA, Nikkei staff writer

BEIJING -- China is instructing local authorities to "buy Chinese" products under procurement guidelines covering such high-tech items as X-ray machines and weather instruments as it pushes foreign suppliers to shift to local production, Nikkei has learned.

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