China's environmental protection industry ushered in new opportunities

With the continuous strengthening of ecological environmental protection and governance, the market space for the development of China's environmental protection industry has been accelerated, and its strategic position has been continuously improved
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In the process of accelerating the construction of Beautiful China, China's environmental protection industry has ushered in a new round of development opportunities
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Innovation leads the sustainable and rapid development of the environmental protection industry

At the National Science and Technology Awards Conference held in November 2021, a total of 11 projects in the field of ecological environment won awards.
Among them, the Tsinghua University team's "Industrial Flue Gas Multi-Pollutant Collaborative Deep Treatment Technology and Application" project won the 2020 National Science Progress Award The first prize fully proves that China's ecological and environmental science and technology work has made great progress
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From 2011 to 2020, the total number of environmental technology invention patent applications in China is close to 60% of the global total, and it is one of the countries that actively deploy environmental technology innovation in the world
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Zou Shoumin, director of the Science, Technology and Finance Department of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, told reporters: "Through continuous introduction, digestion, absorption and independent innovation, China's environmental science and technology field has broken through a number of major frontiers and core key technologies, and a number of practical applications with independent intellectual property rights have emerged.
The new technology has been applied in related projects and gradually formed an industrial system in various fields
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Electrostatic dust removal and bag dust removal have reached the international leading or advanced level, the integration level of water treatment equipment has been continuously improved, and the large-scale waste incineration power generation technology has reached the international level.
At the advanced level, the equipment in the soil remediation industry can basically meet the needs of the remediation and treatment of industrial polluted sites
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China's environmental protection industry has a huge market
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According to the survey and statistics of China Environmental Protection Industry Association, during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, the operating income of China's environmental protection industry continued to grow, with an average annual compound growth rate of 14.
1%.
In 2019, it increased by about 7.
3%, with more than 3.
2 million employees; in the same year, the operating income of the environmental protection industry accounted for 1.
9% of the GDP, and the direct contribution rate to the national economy was 4.
5%
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With the deepening of China's pollution reduction and environmental management goals, the focus of the environmental protection industry has gradually shifted from engineering construction to the construction and operation of pollution prevention and control facilities, which has driven the rapid development of the environmental service industry, and the operating income of the environmental service industry has continued to increase.

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The data shows that in 2020, the operating income of China's environmental service industry will be 1.
2 trillion yuan, an increase of 145% from 490 billion yuan in 2015.
The operating income of the environmental service industry will account for 61.
4% of the operating income of the environmental protection industry in 2015.
%, an increase of 10 percentage points
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The reporter learned from the Ministry of Ecology and Environment that in recent years, China's ecological environment governance model and service model have been continuously innovated, and the pilot work of the ecological environment-oriented development (EOD) model has been launched to explore the effective integration of ecological environment governance projects with resources and industrial development projects.
, to solve the bottleneck problems such as lack of funding channels for ecological environment governance, insufficient overall investment, and difficulty in converting environmental benefits into economic benefits.
The sustainable development capability of the environmental protection industry has been improved, and the development prospects continue to be optimistic
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Industrial comprehensive service capability is stronger, division of labor is more refined and professional

After years of development, China's environmental protection industry has established professional fields including air pollution control, water pollution control, solid waste treatment, hazardous waste treatment and disposal, noise and vibration and control, environmental monitoring, and ecological governance, covering technology research and development, planning consulting , equipment manufacturing, design and construction, operation and maintenance, investment and operation, comprehensive consulting and other complete industrial systems, which effectively promote ecological environmental protection and green development
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During the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, China's environmental protection industry has completed a total of 950 million kilowatts of ultra-low emission transformation of coal-fired power plants, a production capacity of 620 million tons of ultra-low emission transformation in the steel industry, completed the treatment of black and odorous water bodies in more than 2,800 cities, and added urban drainage pipe networks.
More than 390,000 kilometers, 240 new urban waste incineration plants, environmental monitoring equipment systems based on modern perception technology are widely used in environmental supervision and management, and have played an active role in supporting the victory in the battle to defend the blue sky, the defense of the clear water, and the defense of the pure land.
The role of the main force in the pollution prevention and control of the environmental protection industry is more obvious
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The environmental protection industry is not only an important starting point for improving the quality of the ecological environment, but also an important support for achieving carbon peaking and carbon neutrality
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Today, China's environmental protection industry has not only focused on end-to-end governance, but has been integrated into the economic system of green, low-carbon and circular development, and has accelerated its integration and development with industries such as clean energy and clean production.
While accelerating its own low-carbon transformation, efforts Expand the scope of services to areas such as clean energy and carbon emission reduction
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In 2021, the renewable energy power generation of the Three Gorges Group will exceed 340 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 9.
5%, ranking first in the world
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By the end of 2021, China's first million kilowatt-class offshore wind farm invested and constructed by the Three Gorges Corporation, the Three Gorges Yangjiang Shapa Offshore Wind Power Project, will be fully connected to the grid for power generation
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Up to now, the installed capacity of the Three Gorges Group's renewable energy has exceeded 100 million kilowatts, accounting for about 1/10 of China's installed renewable energy capacity, and nearly 70% of the installed hydropower capacity
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In addition, the Three Gorges Group has also formed an onshore "scenery" layout focusing on Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and other regions, as well as a concentrated and contiguous large-scale development layout of offshore wind power from Liaoning in the north to Guangdong in the south
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"The layout of China's environmental protection industry is becoming more and more perfect.
The environmental protection industry in the eastern coastal areas continues to deepen and develop.
The environmental protection industry in many provinces and cities in the central region is rising rapidly, and the environmental protection industry in the southwest and northwest regions is rapidly catching up
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Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Yangtze River Delta, Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao The development of the environmental protection industry in the Greater Bay Area, Chengdu-Chongqing and other regions highly related to the national regional development strategy shows a trend of accelerated regional integration, integration and efficiency enhancement
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" Guo Chengzhan, president of China Environmental Protection Industry Association, told reporters: "At present, China's environmental protection industry is developing rapidly.
The industrial division of labor has become more specialized and refined.
Large-scale enterprises with strong comprehensive business capabilities and abundant funds have developed into platform-based enterprises, undertaking a large number of environmental infrastructure projects such as comprehensive ecological environment management, sewage and garbage; private small and medium-sized enterprises are more detailed.
We will work hard in different fields, follow the development path of 'specialization, specialization and newness', and provide supporting services such as technology, equipment, construction, materials, operation and maintenance for large enterprises and projects
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The value attributes of the environmental protection industry are constantly emerging

During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China's ecological civilization construction has entered a critical period in which carbon reduction is the key strategic direction, the synergy of pollution reduction and carbon reduction is promoted, the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development is promoted, and the improvement of ecological environment quality has changed from quantitative to qualitative
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"Environmental capacity and ecological space have gradually developed into production factors as important as land, capital, labor, technology, etc.
The
environmental protection industry undertakes the functions of allocating environmental capacity and optimizing the layout of ecological space, and its value attributes continue to emerge, becoming the driving force behind the construction of a beautiful China.
It is an important force in the environmental protection industry, and the environmental protection industry has ushered in a new round of development opportunities
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" Zou Shoumin said
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In April 2021, the "Opinions on Establishing and Improving the Value Realization Mechanism of Ecological Products" systematically and institutionally elaborated the ecological product value realization mechanism for the first time, in order to build a policy system that transforms "lucid waters and lush mountains" into "invaluable assets".
The system points the way
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Academician Wang Jinnan of the Environmental Planning Institute of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment told reporters: "With the continuous improvement of ecological compensation, carbon emission rights, energy use rights, pollution discharge rights and other ecological product value realization mechanisms, the environmental protection industry will continue to improve the value creation ability of ecological products, and will also The transformation and upgrading to the fourth industry of ecological products centered on the supply and value realization of ecological products has become the growth point, support point, and force point of modernization to realize the harmonious coexistence of man and nature
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In the face of development opportunities, we must also clearly see that the "small, scattered and weak" structure of China's environmental protection industry has not fundamentally changed, and its comprehensive strength is still not strong
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According to statistics, more than 90% of China's environmental protection enterprises are small and micro enterprises.
Compared with the current advanced development level of the international environmental protection industry, China's environmental protection industry has many but not strong enterprises, with low industrial concentration, large-scale and strong leading enterprises.
Few, have not yet formed a brand with global influence, lack of multinational enterprises that can compete with international giants
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China's environmental protection industry is still in the policy-driven and capital-driven stage, and the driving force for technological innovation is still insufficient
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In this regard, Guo Chengzhan believes that it is necessary to improve the ability of scientific and technological innovation, continue to carry out cutting-edge leading technology and common key technology research, improve the enterprise-based, market-oriented technological innovation system, strengthen the integrated collaborative innovation of production, education, research and application, and further promote The transformation of scientific and technological achievements will promote the demonstration application of the first (set) of major technical equipment, promote the integrated development of high-tech technologies such as new generation information technology and the environmental protection industry, and further enhance the intelligence level of the environmental protection industry
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According to the calculation of the Environmental Planning Institute of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, to achieve China's "14th Five-Year Plan" environmental governance goals, the ecological environment investment demand is about 6.
8 trillion yuan to 8 trillion yuan, and the average annual investment demand is about 1.
4 trillion yuan to 1.
6 trillion yuan.
; To achieve the goal of peaking carbon emissions by 2030, the annual capital investment requirement is about 2.
1 trillion yuan
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With the advancement of the construction of beautiful China, the value of ecological products has been recognized by more and more society, and the market space of the environmental protection industry will be further released.
We expect China's environmental protection industry to improve service capabilities and levels, extend service content, and win Provide all-round support in the battle against pollution and the promotion of green development
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