Recently, under the unified deployment of the China Environmental Protection Industry Association, the Anhui Provincial Environmental Protection Industry Development Promotion Association conducted a quarterly analysis and investigation on the operation of the environmental protection industry in Anhui Province, and more than 50 key enterprises participated in the investigation.

This report is an analysis of the operation situation of the environmental protection industry in Anhui Province in the second quarter and the first half of 2021. The data collection is mainly based on the second quarter and supplemented by the first quarter. It mainly focuses on the basic situation, business operations, industry operation prospects, and the status and faces of the Anhui environmental protection industry. Elaborate on the situation, policy recommendations and other aspects.

The report pointed out that there is a certain gap between Anhui's industry in terms of size and R&D capabilities and Shanghai, Zhejiang and Jiangsu in the integration of the Yangtze River Delta, but the distance is the development potential and space.

The report emphasized that the scenery should be long-term. It is expected that the Anhui industry will boost their confidence to catch up, grasp the rare strategic opportunity period that the integration of the Yangtze River Delta will bring to the Anhui industry, and continue the new legend of the industry in Huizhou.

In recent years, under the influence of the national ecological civilization construction and industrial green development trend, the development needs of the environmental protection industry in Anhui Province have been increasing. In 2013, Anhui Province issued the "Development Plan for Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Industry in Anhui Province", which clearly made the environmental protection industry one of the key industries in the province for cultivation and development.

Since then, Anhui Province has successively issued "Implementation Opinions on the Implementation of the "Five Hundred" Special Actions for Energy-saving and Environmental Protection Industries in the Industrial Field", "The 13th Five-Year Plan for Industrial Green Development in Anhui Province", and "The 13th Five-Year Plan for Strategic Emerging Industries in Anhui Province" "Development Plan" and other policies, focusing on the development and promotion of advanced environmental protection technology and equipment in the fields of air treatment, waste incineration, waste recycling, pollution source monitoring, etc., and vigorously develop source reduction, pollution control, and recycling technologies.

As the first year of the "14th Five-Year Plan", economic strategies and development plans at all levels have attracted more attention. In the local two sessions held in the first half of the year, the work reports of many governments released a signal to continue to increase green development and expand and strengthen the environmental protection industry. Many provinces have clearly proposed the development of a green economy, and outlined detailed "construction drawings". The achievement of carbon peaks has also become the "standard configuration" of the local task list.

Experts in the industry pointed out that there is still huge pressure to continuously improve the quality of my country's ecological environment. To promote a comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development, it is necessary to set high standards to form an oppressive dynamic mechanism, but also to enhance independent awareness to form an active mechanism for development.

In Yuanchen's view, the environmental protection industry in Anhui Province currently has a certain scale, and has achieved a wide range of industrial solid waste treatment, domestic garbage disposal, water treatment engineering equipment and other aspects. In terms of regional distribution, the environmental protection industry in Anhui Province is gradually showing a trend of agglomeration.

Hefei City has gathered a group of companies in the comprehensive treatment of air pollution, environmental protection equipment manufacturing in the field of water treatment, atmospheric environment monitoring and environmental protection service companies; Tongling City focuses on air pollution prevention and treatment, solid waste treatment and disposal; Maanshan City relies on Keda Clean Energy and Yuanrong Technology and other companies focus on the R&D and manufacturing of water treatment and solid waste treatment technology and equipment; Wuhu City has formed a group of environmental protection solution providers represented by Conch Cement and Shuiyun Environmental Protection.

With the development and construction of Hefei Environmental Protection Industrial Park, Hefei Remanufacturing Industry Cluster, Tongling "Internet+" renewable resource recycling classification and reverse logistics trading platform, Tongling Chengtong Vein Industrial Park, Ma'anshan Yushan Remanufacturing Industrial Park and other agglomeration areas , The environmental protection industry related enterprises in Anhui Province continue to gather, and the industrial chain is gradually improved.

Chen Ge also found that Anhui's GDP has entered the top ten in the country, and it is in a period of rapid economic growth. In recent years, Anhui's energy-saving and environmental protection industry has developed rapidly, and there are already many listed environmental protection companies. Some economic parks have identified energy-saving and environmental protection industries as their leading industries, and the province has identified 15 parks as key development parks for energy-saving and environmental protection industries.

It is understood that the "14th Five-Year Plan" of Anhui Province's energy conservation and environmental protection industry development plan is under preparation. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the Anhui Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government will vigorously build ten strategic emerging industries including energy conservation and environmental protection industries. , As an important means of high-quality economic development in Anhui Province.

Mainly concentrated in three sectors. One is new energy. The focus is on solar energy, clean energy, and some new technologies that support new energy; the second is energy-saving technologies. Anhui’s traditional manufacturing industry has a relatively high proportion. The green transformation on the basis of traditional manufacturing will reduce costs and meet the requirements of emission reduction and carbon reduction. This is the key to the survival and development of traditional industries in the future; third is the environmental protection industry. Involving pollution control, environmental protection equipment, testing equipment, production equipment, as well as ecological governance, ecological restoration and other fields.

In addition, in order to promote the good environment for investment and entrepreneurship in Anhui, showcase the broad prospects for the development of Anhui's energy-saving and environmental protection industry, promote exchanges and cooperation, and seek common development plans, on July 13, the special promotion meeting of Anhui Province's energy-saving and environmental protection industry "Double Recruitment" was successfully held in Beijing. Hold.

During the event, Luo Hong, deputy director and first-level inspector of the Anhui Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment, accepted an exclusive interview with Xinhuanet and China Environmental News. Luo Hong said that Anhui has four major advantages in building new energy and energy conservation and environmental protection industries into Anhui's pillar industries during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period.

One is market advantage. Anhui is in a period of high economic growth, with traditional industries taking up a relatively large share, while steel, cement, smelting, and coal industries occupy an important position in the country. These industries are still the pillar industries of economic development and are facing the need for upgrading and transformation at present and in the future, providing a large market space for the development of the environmental protection industry.

The second is location advantage. While meeting the needs of the province, Anhui's environmental protection industry can head east to the Yangtze River Delta, covering the entire central and western regions.

The third is technological advantages. Anhui Province is one of the three major science and education centers in the country. It has a number of key universities and research institutes such as the University of Science and Technology of China and Hefei University of Technology, which provide talents and technical support for the development of Anhui's environmental protection industry.

The fourth is the business environment advantage. The Anhui Provincial Party Committee and Government has issued a series of preferential policies for the development of the ten pillar industries, laying a good foundation for the next development of Anhui's environmental protection industry.

On the same day, Luo Hong accepted an exclusive interview with China Environmental News regarding issues such as the proposed establishment of an environmental protection industry group in Anhui Province, why the energy conservation and environmental protection industry is managed by the ecological environment department, and how to promote the development of energy conservation and environmental protection industry. Luo Hong said that the establishment of the path of ecological civilization has opened up a huge market space in the field of ecological and environmental protection, and accordingly has brought about the rapid expansion of market players.

At present, Anhui Province lacks a provincial environmental protection industry group with state-owned capital as the main body. The environmental protection industry is different from other fields. It has both market competitiveness and public welfare. Some specific areas, such as ecological restoration and the handling of historical issues, all have some public welfare nature. State-owned enterprises dominated by the government are relatively more suitable for taking on more social responsibilities. We need such a team.

The establishment of the Environmental Group in Anhui will take state-owned enterprises as the main body, and at the same time introduce scientific research institutes, private capital and listed companies to form a mixed diversified group, which can reflect the flexibility of the system and mechanism and play a leading role.

A series of policies, standards and plans have been implemented successively, creating a good environment for the development of environmental protection industry in Anhui Province.

Judging from the current statistical results, the proportion of employees in the environmental protection service industry in Anhui Province has continued to increase, and operating income is mainly concentrated in the fields of environmental services, environmental protection equipment and product manufacturing. This reflects the gradual optimization of the environmental protection industry structure in Anhui Province. The upgrading of the environmental service industry to an industrial structure dominated by the production of environmental protection products is worthy of advocacy and promotion.

However, it is worth noting that most of the more than 1,000 pollution control companies in Anhui are private enterprises, and the environmental protection industry has some problems: unreasonable industrial structure; weak technological development capabilities, low equipment manufacturing technology; poor management systems and lack of effective The macro-control and policy guidance; the market is chaotic, and the market environment for fair competition has not yet been formed; the social service system is not sound, and the environmental protection industry policy is not yet fully adapted to the development needs of the environmental protection industry.

These have restricted the upgrading and development of the environmental protection industry in Anhui Province.

At the same time, although the number of listed companies has increased, the province’s market share cannot be completely “seized” each year, let alone “siege” from the province. In addition, the product market access system is not sound, the industry threshold is low, and the environmental protection industry has not yet fully established a complete industry standard system and effective quality supervision mechanism. Unfair market competition and serious local protectionism in some areas have brought the industry as a whole. Potential risks.

In response to the above problems and the future development of Anhui's environmental protection industry, we must first establish a regulatory system to guide the healthy development of the industry. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the development of the environmental protection industry in Anhui Province should be oriented towards clustering, specialization, and industrialization, give full play to the role of market players, and use government and social capital cooperation, government procurement and third-party governance of environmental pollution as breakthroughs to expand Industry development space promotes the healthy development of the environmental protection industry.

At the same time, the government should give key support to a number of flue gas management companies in Anhui Province that are well-known in the industry in the national industry to help them become bigger and stronger, so that high-quality environmental protection companies can stand out in fair market competition.

In response to financial difficulties, policy support should be increased and multiple financing channels should be explored. Since many environmental protection companies are asset-light companies, it is difficult to provide a large amount of physical assets for mortgage. The continuous growth of orders and the construction of new factories pose great challenges to some companies' funds. While pollutant companies are facing high governance goals and insufficient capital investment, they also need environmental protection companies to advance funds, especially downstream customers in the environmental protection industry are large companies, and payment is slow. As a result, environmental protection companies generally have long project cycles, slow capital returns, and cash. A series of problems, such as tight flow, have greatly increased the capital cost of environmental protection enterprises, offset the effects of tax reduction and fee reduction, and affected the vitality of the development of the environmental protection industry.

Therefore, the industry needs government agencies to conduct systematic regulation in terms of finance, taxation, finance, and quality. For high-quality environmentally friendly enterprises, a corresponding proportion of tax incentives will be given to solve the worries of environmentally friendly enterprises.

In addition, the government should focus on creating a good business environment, earnestly implement a series of policies on supporting private enterprises promulgated by the state, establish an access mechanism to participate in fair competition, keep a small number of unscrupulous companies out of the door, and prevent "bad money". Expulsion of good coins” to ensure that environmental protection projects meet the standards, avoid duplication of construction and waste of resources; establish a corporate credit evaluation platform to prevent environmental business risks; establish a product grade identification system for high-quality environmental protection enterprises.

Of course, environmental protection companies themselves must also practice their "internal strength" to strengthen their bodies. At present, the development of the environmental protection industry has entered a golden period, and the market space is huge, which is a new economic growth point for Anhui Province. Therefore, enterprises must focus on the needs of key areas in the national and provincial markets, increase R&D and manufacturing efforts, develop advanced environmental protection technology and equipment, environmental protection products, environmental protection services and other industries, further expand the environmental protection industry, and help Anhui's economy green High-quality development.