This paper took advantage of the relevant theories to study the basic principles and the genera] methods in military supplies acquisition so as to regulate acquisition activities and perfect the operating system, making great efforts to establish appropriate theories to the conditions in China and Chinese Army, thus to provide theoret.

The reformation of military equipment acquisition system is an important part of Chi- nese characteristic military reformation.

Problems related to scope of supply, term of delivery, procurement documents and market status, strategy and solutions are briefly addressed.

In this article,we have a study of the stone procurement in Forbidden City construction in Ming dynasty,we outlined the kinds of stones,where they were from,how they were mined and transported.