# procurement reform
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China’s Provinces Go on a Budget Diet: 31 Regions Push Frugality to Fund Growth and Cut Waste
All 31 Chinese provinces have embedded a renewed push for ‘frugality’ in their 2026 budget plans, cutting administrative expenses and tightening controls on procurement and new assets. Officials aim to redirect savings to growth and livelihoods, while shifting attention to preventing wasteful government investment—though enforcement and economic trade-offs remain critical risks.
France Rushes to Field Armed Surface Drones as Procurement Model Shifts from Specs to Trials
France is fast-tracking armed surface unmanned vessels through competition-style trials and shifting procurement toward rapid, trial-driven experimentation. The DGA and navy expect to field one or two armed boat designs by 2027 while also expanding shipborne drones, long-range loitering munitions and targeting pods to respond to new littoral threats.