Prospect of investment in water pollution control in China i

With the continuous and rapid development of China’s economy, urbanization and industrialization, the total amount of water resources in China has declined. In 2014, China’s total water resources were 2726.69 billion cubic meters, a year-on-year decrease of 2.47%; per capita water resources were 1998.64 cubic meters, a year-on-year decrease of 2.96%. According to the prediction of the water conservancy department, by 2030, China’s population will increase to 1.6 billion, the per capita water resources will fall to 1760 cubic meters, and the total water shortage will reach 40-50 billion cubic meters, reaching the world recognized water shortage warning line.

 

 

 

Because environmental problems are related to the sustainable development of economy and even the survival of future generations, the state pays more and more attention to this problem. In the future, it will continue to increase its efforts in water resource protection and management, and vigorously guide and encourage the investment in the field of environmental pollution management. From 2005 to 2014, China’s total investment in environmental pollution management increased rapidly, from 238.8 billion yuan to 957.6 billion yuan, with an average compound annual growth rate of 16.68%. Since 2015, China’s environmental protection policy has shifted from total amount control to quality improvement. The 13th five year plan for ecological environmental protection clearly focuses on improving environmental quality, and the policies such as the 10th water, the 10th atmosphere and the 10th soil stipulate the policy of environmental management in more details. In the world, the proportion of environmental protection investment in GDP is usually used to measure a country’s environmental protection investment. According to the world’s development experience, when the proportion of environmental protection investment is 1-1.5%, the environmental pollution is expected to be preliminarily controlled, and when the environmental protection investment reaches 2-3%, the environmental quality can be improved.

 

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From the perspective of the proportion of environmental protection investment, the proportion of environmental protection occupation investment in GDP in China is far less than the world level. In 2015, China’s environmental protection investment accounted for 1.6% of GDP, which was fundamentally attributed to the total amount control stage. If we want to reach the 13th five year plan of environmental quality improvement policy, the proportion of environmental protection investment in GDP is expected to rise to about 3%. Corresponding to the 13th Five Year Plan period, the annual growth rate is expected to exceed 30%. In 2014, China’s total investment in environmental pollution management accounted for 1.51% of GDP. It is expected that by 2020, China’s total GDP will double. The proportion of total investment in environmental pollution management in GDP will be further improved. The career future has a huge shopping mall space. In the future, the country will continue to increase infrastructure construction, and the investment in heavy industries such as electric power, petrochemical industry, coal chemical industry will continue to increase, thus driving the demand for industrial wastewater treatment malls to continue to increase. At the same time, with the continuous promotion of the urbanization process, the demand for municipal sewage treatment and municipal water supply will increase simultaneously, and the environmental protection water treatment profession will usher in strategic development opportunities and have broad prospects for development.

 

 

 

According to the analysis of the Environmental Planning Institute of the State Environmental Protection Administration and the National Information Center, it is estimated that during the 12th Five Year Plan and the 13th five year plan, the total investment in Wastewater Management (including management investment and operation cost) in China will reach 1058.3 billion yuan and 1392.2 billion yuan, and the investment in industrial and township daily wastewater management will reach 435.5 billion yuan and 459 billion yuan respectively. Weber consulting believes: looking forward to the next decade, with the continuous progress of the state’s attention to environmental protection, the improvement of people’s daily standard and environmental protection requirements, and the continuous upgrading and transformation of urban water supply and sewage treatment, water pollution management investment will continue to maintain a rapid increase.