招标承包制是建筑业经营方式的重大改革。自1983年以来全国各地先后进行了招标、投标的试点工作。据不完全统计,到1984年底全国约有7%左右的建设工程实行了招标承包制,取得了一定的成绩和经验。推行工程招标投标制可以降低造价2～8%左右,缩短工期约20%,同时也保证了工程质量,大大改变了施工企业端铁饭碗、吃大锅饭和"工期马拉松,造价 The tender contract system is a major reform of the construction industry. Since 1983, trials for bids and tenders have been conducted throughout the country. According to incomplete statistics, by the end of 1984 about 7% of the country’s construction projects had implemented the tendering contract system, and achieved certain results and experience. The implementation of the project bidding and tendering system can reduce the construction cost by about 2 to 8%, shorten the construction period by about 20%, and at the same time ensure the quality of the project, which greatly changes the iron and steel rice bowls for the construction enterprises, eats large pots of rice and the “marathon of the construction period, and the construction cost.