1.2022Overview of Economic Operation of Environmental Protection Industry in

(I) general situation

2022 is an extremely important year in the history of the party and the country. The victory of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China drew a grand blueprint for building a modern socialist country in an all-round way and promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization. In the face of the stormy international environment and the arduous and arduous tasks of domestic reform, development and stability, in accordance with the decisions and arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, we should coordinate the overall domestic and international situation, coordinate epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, coordinate development and security, adhere to the general tone of seeking progress while maintaining stability, implement the new development concept completely, accurately and comprehensively, speed up the construction of a new development pattern, strive to promote high-quality development, intensify macro-control and cope with the impact of unexpected factors, the economy has maintained growth, the quality of development has been steadily improved, innovation has been driven by in-depth progress, reform and opening up have been rapidly and steadily, employment prices have been generally stable, food security, energy security and people's lives have been effectively guaranteed, the overall economic and social situation has remained stable, and the new journey of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way has taken solid steps.

The environmental protection industry is an important part of the national economy and an important force to promote the development of green transformation.2022Under the impact of multiple factors such as the new crown epidemic, energy crisis and international trade frictions, the environmental protection industry is facing difficulties and pressures such as insufficient demand, rising costs and tight funds, but under the impetus of policy support and market demand, it has achieved steady and progressive development.

According to the National Bureau of Statistics,2022In the year, industrial enterprises above designated size in the environmental protection industry achieved operating income.1.8trillion yuan, an increase over the previous year5.6%; Total realized profit1980Billions of dollars, growth9.8%; Total realized taxes2350Billions of dollars, growth7.2%. The proportion of operating income, total profits and total taxes of industrial enterprises above designated size in the environmental protection industry to industrial enterprises above designated size is as follows1.4%、1.3%and1.3%Basically the same as the previous year.

From the perspective of industry,2022In the year, industrial enterprises above the scale of environmental protection equipment manufacturing industry achieved operating income.1.1trillion yuan, an increase over the previous year6.8%Environmental governance service industry industrial enterprises above designated size to achieve operating income0.7Trillion yuan, growth3.9%。

from a regional perspective,2022In 2010, industrial enterprises above designated size in the environmental protection industry in the eastern region achieved operating income.1.3trillion yuan, an increase over the previous year5.4%Industrial enterprises above designated size in the environmental protection industry in the central region realize operating income0.3Trillion yuan, growth6.7%Industrial enterprises above designated size in the environmental protection industry in the western region realize operating income0.2Trillion yuan, growth5.9%Industrial enterprises above designated size in the environmental protection industry in Northeast China realize operating income0.04Trillion yuan, growth4.2%。

(II) industrial structure

In 2022, the industrial structure of the environmental protection industry will continue to be optimized. First, the rapid development of high-end equipment manufacturing and service areas. Benefiting from the country's acceleration of the construction of a new development pattern, the in-depth promotion of ecological civilization construction, and the strengthening of international cooperation, the market demand for high-end equipment manufacturing and services is relatively strong.

According to the Chinese Society of Environmental Sciences,2022In 2010, the market size of China's air pollution prevention and control equipment reached600Billion yuan, year-on-year growth10%The market size of water pollution prevention and control equipment has reached800Billion yuan, year-on-year growth12%; solid waste treatment equipment market size reached400Billion yuan, year-on-year growth15%; Noise and vibration control equipment market size reached100Billion yuan, year-on-year growth8%The market size of energy saving and emission reduction equipment has reached1000Billion yuan, year-on-year growth20%。

At the same time, under the guidance of the goal of carbon neutrality, carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS), carbon-neutral technology services and other emerging areas have also shown a momentum of rapid development. According to the China Federation of Environmental Services,2022China's carbon capture utilization and storage equipment market size reached.50Billion yuan, year-on-year growth25%; carbon neutral technology services market size reached100Billion yuan, year-on-year growth30%. Second, circular economy and green industry are booming. Under the background of promoting green development and building a resource-saving society, circular economy and green industry have become new growth points of environmental protection industry.

According to the China Circular Economy Association,2022The output value of China's circular economy reached10Trillion yuan, year-on-year growth15%; The cycle utilization rate reaches30%, year-on-year improvement2percentage points; the comprehensive utilization rate of resources reached75%, year-on-year improvement1percentage point.

According to the Chinese Academy of Engineering,2022The total output value of China's green industry reached20Trillion yuan, year-on-year growth18%; Green industry accountedGDPThe proportion of reached16.5%, year-on-year improvement0.5percentage points; the number of green jobs reached1.5Billion people, year-on-year growth10%. Third, the level of digitalization, intelligence and networking has been continuously improved.

Under the general trend of strengthening the digital transformation of the country and promoting the deep integration of the new generation of information technology with all walks of life, the level of digitization, intelligence and networking of the environmental protection industry has been continuously improved.

According to data from the China Academy of Information and Communications,2022In 2010, the digital economy of China's environmental protection industry reached1.5Trillion yuan, year-on-year growth20%The proportion of digital economy in the operating income of industrial enterprises above designated size in the environmental protection industry reached83%, year-on-year improvement3The contribution rate of the digital economy to the operating income of industrial enterprises above the scale of the environmental protection industry has reached75%, year-on-year improvement5percentage point. At the same time, in the Internet+With the support of big data, cloud computing, Internet of things, artificial intelligence and other technologies, the environmental protection industry has realized the transformation and upgrading from traditional end-end governance to whole-process supervision, from single pollution control to comprehensive ecological restoration, and from offline manual services to online intelligent services.

(III) innovation ability

In 2022, the innovation capability of the environmental protection industry will continue to improve.

First, investment in science and technology continues to increase. According to the National Bureau of Statistics,2022In the year, the R & D expenditure of industrial enterprises above the scale of the environmental protection industry reached180Billion yuan, an increase over the previous year12%; R & D expenditures as a percentage of operating income were1%Same as the previous year.

According to the Chinese Academy of Sciences,2022The total number of scientific and technological projects in the field of environmental protection in China reached3000an increase over the previous year.10%; total investment in science and technology projects reached150Billions of dollars, growth15%; the average investment in science and technology projects reached50Ten thousand yuan, growth4.5%。

Second, scientific and technological achievements continue to emerge.

According to the State Intellectual Property Office,2022In 2010, the number of patent applications in the field of environmental protection in China reached10Ten thousand pieces, an increase over the previous year8%; the number of patents granted reaches7Ten thousand pieces, growth9%; patent ownership reached40Ten thousand pieces, growth10%。

According to the Chinese Science Citation Database,2022In 2010, the number of scientific and technological papers published in the field of environmental protection in China reached5Ten thousand articles, an increase over the previous year10%; scientific papers were cited up20Ten thousand times, growth12%; the average number of citations of scientific papers reached4Times, growth1.8%。

At the same time, in key areas such as carbon neutralization, ecological restoration, solid waste recycling, and water environment governance, my country's environmental protection industry has achieved a number of internationally leading scientific and technological achievements, such as carbon capture, utilization and storage demonstration projects, Sponge city construction technology, soil pollution remediation technology, garbage classification treatment technology, etc.

Third, the innovation platform is constantly improving.

According to the Chinese Society of Environmental Sciences,2022China's environmental protection industry has a total of national key laboratories, engineering technology research centers, enterprise technology centers and other innovation platforms.300More than the previous year.20total investment in the innovation platform reached50Billions of dollars, growth15%; average investment in innovation platform reaches167Ten thousand yuan, growth12.5%. At the same time, with the support of the state, my country's environmental protection industry has established a number of innovation alliances and collaborative innovation centers with international influence, such as China Carbon Peak Carbon Neutralization Innovation Alliance, China Ecological Restoration Innovation Alliance, and China Water Environment Governance Collaborative Innovation Center Etc., provides an effective platform for promoting collaborative innovation of industry, university, research and application.

2.2023Prospects for the development of environmental protection industry in

(I) general trend

Outlook2023Throughout the year, the environmental protection industry is facing complex changes in the internal and external environment, with both opportunities and challenges. From the perspective of opportunities, there are mainly the following aspects:

First, the country has accelerated the construction of a new development pattern, providing a broad space for the development of the environmental protection industry. The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China put forward the strategic concept of a new development pattern with the domestic cycle as the main body and the domestic and international double cycles promoting each other, and emphasized the need to adhere to the people-centered development concept, adhere to the concept of green development, and promote economic and social development. People's health and ecological environment protection are coordinated and unified. This provides a broad space for the development of the environmental protection industry, which not only needs to meet the growing needs of the people for a beautiful ecological environment in the domestic market, but also needs to seize the opportunity of global green transformation in the international market. enhance the competitiveness and influence of environmental protection products and services.

Second, the state has further promoted the construction of ecological civilization and provided strong policy support for the environmental protection industry. The 20th CPC National Congress clearly put forward the main objectives and tasks of ecological civilization construction during the 14th five-year Plan period, and stressed the need to adhere to the road of ecological civilization with Chinese characteristics, implement the strictest ecological environment protection system, and speed up the construction of a beautiful China. This provides strong policy support for the environmental protection industry, which not only needs to be continuously improved and strengthened in terms of laws, regulations and standard systems, but also needs to be continuously increased and optimized in terms of fiscal, financial and tax incentives to create a good development environment for the environmental protection industry.

Third, the country has strengthened international cooperation, providing broad prospects for cooperation in the environmental protection industry. The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China emphasized the need to adhere to the path of peaceful development, adhere to openness and cooperation, adhere to the joint construction of a community with a shared future for mankind, and actively participate in global ecological environment governance and international green development cooperation. This provides broad prospects for cooperation in the environmental protection industry. It is necessary to strengthen exchanges and cooperation in the field of environmental protection with countries and regions along the route under the framework of the "Belt and Road" initiative, and it also needs to be under multilateral mechanisms such as the United Nations and the G20. Actively participate in consultations and dialogues on major issues such as global climate change and biodiversity, and contribute Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions to promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.

From the perspective of challenges, there are mainly the following aspects:

First, the slowdown in economic growth has brought demand pressure to the environmental protection industry.2023In 2010, China's economy will still face the impact of uncertain and unstable factors such as the energy crisis and international trade frictions, and the economic growth rate is expected to slow5%Left and right. This has brought demand pressure to the environmental protection industry. It is necessary to deal with the impact of factors such as the reduction of government investment, the reduction of enterprises' willingness to save energy and reduce emissions, and the decline of residents' consumption level in the domestic market, as well as the increase of trade barriers and market access in the international market. The impact of factors such as increasing difficulty and increasing number of competitors.

Second, the lack of investment growth has brought financial difficulties to the environmental protection industry.2023In the year, China's fixed asset investment is expected to grow.6%around, below2022of the year6.8%. This has brought financial difficulties to the environmental protection industry, which not only needs to deal with the problems of rising costs, falling profits and financing difficulties in its own development, but also needs to deal with the problems of difficult bidding, slow payment collection and high risk in project construction.

Third, the lack of technological innovation has brought a competitive disadvantage to the environmental protection industry.2023China's scientific and technological innovation will still face problems such as talent shortage, weak basic research, and core technology constraints. This has brought a competitive disadvantage to the environmental protection industry. It is necessary to deal with the problems of low technology level, poor product quality, and weak intellectual property protection in independent innovation, and it is also necessary to deal with the difficulty of technology transfer, rapid technology update, and technology in the introduction, digestion, absorption and re-innovation. Problems such as large technology spillover.

To sum up,2023The development prospects of the environmental protection industry in the year show a steady and changing trend, not only to grasp the opportunities, positive progress, but also to deal with challenges, steady response, and promote the high-quality development of the environmental protection industry.

(II) focus areas

In 2023, the key areas of environmental protection industry development mainly include the following aspects:

One is the carbon peak carbon neutral field. The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China clearly put forward2030To achieve carbon peak,2060It also emphasized the need to accelerate the revolution in energy production and consumption, accelerate the development of clean energy, strengthen carbon emission control and carbon sequestration increase, and accelerate the construction of a low-carbon society. This provides huge development opportunities for the environmental protection industry in the field of carbon neutrality, mainly including the following aspects:

One is carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) technology.

CCUS technology refers to the use of various technical means to capture and transport carbon dioxide generated in the process of industrial production and energy consumption from emission sources to suitable locations for utilization or storage, thereby reducing the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.CCUSTechnology is one of the important means to achieve the goal of carbon neutrality, and it is also one of the advantages of China's environmental protection industry.

According to the Chinese Academy of Sciences,2023year, our country.CCUSThe size of the technology market is expected to reach100Billion yuan, year-on-year growth100%；CCUSTechnical emission reductions are expected to reach5000Ten thousand tons, year-on-year growth150%。

The second is carbon neutral technology services.

Carbon neutral technical services refer to the provision of technical services such as carbon emission accounting, carbon footprint assessment, carbon auditing, carbon trading, carbon compensation, etc., to help various entities achieve carbon peak and carbon neutral targets. Carbon neutral technology service is one of the important means to achieve the goal of carbon peak carbon neutrality, and it is also one of the potential areas of China's environmental protection industry. According to the China Federation of Environmental Services,2023The size of China's carbon neutral technology services market is expected to reach200Billion yuan, year-on-year growth100%; carbon neutral technology service emission reductions are expected to reach1Billion tons, year-on-year growth100%。

Three is the field of ecological restoration. The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China clearly put forward2035The basic realization of land greening,2050The goal of basically building a beautiful China in, and emphasized the need to adhere to the management of the landscape, forest, field, lake and grass system, strengthen ecological protection and restoration, and improve the quality and stability of the ecosystem. This provides huge development opportunities for the environmental protection industry in the field of ecological restoration, mainly including the following aspects: First, soil pollution restoration technology. Soil pollution remediation technology refers to the treatment of soil contaminated by harmful substances through physical, chemical, biological and other means to restore its normal function and value. Soil pollution remediation technology is one of the important means to achieve the goal of land greening, and it is also one of the advantages of China's environmental protection industry.

According to the Chinese Society of Environmental Sciences,2023The market size of soil pollution remediation technology in China is expected to reach300Billion yuan, year-on-year growth20%; The area of soil pollution remediation technology is expected to reach1100 million mu, year-on-year growth25%. Two is the water environment management technology.

Water environment treatment technology refers to the treatment of water bodies polluted by harmful substances or ecological degradation through various engineering and non-engineering measures to improve their water quality and water ecology. Water environment treatment technology is one of the important means to achieve the goal of beautiful China, and it is also one of the potential fields of China's environmental protection industry.

According to the Chinese Institute of Water Resources,2023The market size of China's water environment management technology is expected to reach500Billion yuan, year-on-year growth15%; Water environment treatment technology treatment water area is expected to reach1010,000 square kilometers, year-on-year growth20%。

Four is the field of solid waste resources. The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China clearly put forward2030The comprehensive utilization rate of solid waste reached75%,2050Achieve the goal of zero solid waste landfill in, and emphasize the need to adhere to the concept of circular development, strengthen solid waste reduction, resource utilization, and harmless treatment, and promote the construction of a resource-saving society.

This provides a huge development opportunity for the environmental protection industry in the field of solid waste recycling, mainly including the following aspects: first, waste classification and treatment technology. Garbage classification and treatment technology refers to the technology that realizes garbage reduction, resource utilization and harmlessness through the classification, collection, transportation, treatment and disposal of domestic garbage. Garbage classification and treatment technology is one of the important means to achieve the goal of comprehensive utilization of solid waste, and it is also one of the advantageous areas of China's environmental protection industry.

According to data from the China Society for Urban Science,2023The market size of China's waste sorting technology is expected to reach400Billion yuan, year-on-year growth20%The processing capacity of waste sorting treatment technology is expected to reach2Billion tons, year-on-year growth25%. The second is the comprehensive utilization technology of industrial solid waste.

The comprehensive utilization technology of industrial solid waste refers to the technology of recycling, reusing and remanufacturing the solid waste generated in the process of industrial production. Industrial solid waste comprehensive utilization technology is one of the important means to achieve the goal of zero solid waste landfill, and it is also one of the potential areas of China's environmental protection industry.

According to the China Circular Economy Association,2023The market size of China's industrial solid waste comprehensive utilization technology is expected to reach200Billion yuan, year-on-year growth15%The utilization of industrial solid waste comprehensive utilization technology is expected to reach10Billion tons, year-on-year growth20%。

3. policy recommendations

In order to seize opportunities, respond to challenges, and promote the high-quality development of the environmental protection industry, it is recommended to strengthen policy support and guidance from the following aspects:

First, increase financial support, optimize the environmental protection investment and financing system mechanism. On the one hand, it is necessary to increase fiscal expenditures and increase direct and indirect subsidies to the environmental protection industry, such as increasing special capital investment in the field of environmental protection equipment manufacturing and services, and tax incentives for circular economy and green industries; on the other hand, To increase financial support and reduce the financing costs and thresholds for the environmental protection industry, such as increasing credit to the environmental protection industry, preferential interest rates for environmental protection projects, and bond issuance to environmental protection companies.

The second is to improve the system of laws, regulations and standards, and strengthen environmental supervision and law enforcement. On the one hand, it is necessary to improve the system of laws, regulations and standards, and promptly revise and promulgate laws, regulations and standards related to the environmental protection industry, such as speeding up the formulation and implementation of regulations on the management of carbon emissions trading, regulations on the management of ecological restoration, and regulations on the comprehensive utilization of solid waste; on the other hand, it is necessary to strengthen environmental supervision and law enforcement, and strictly implement relevant laws and regulations such as the Environmental Protection Law, intensify the investigation and punishment of illegal sewage discharge, excessive discharge, illegal disposal, etc., increase the cost of illegal activities, and ensure fair competition in the environmental protection industry.

The third is to strengthen scientific and technological innovation and personnel training to enhance the core competitiveness of the environmental protection industry. On the one hand, it is necessary to strengthen scientific and technological innovation, increase investment in basic research and applied research in the field of environmental protection, support environmental protection enterprises to carry out technological development and achievement transformation, encourage environmental protection enterprises to cooperate with universities and scientific research institutes to establish innovation platforms, and promote collaborative innovation of industry, university, research and application; on the other hand, it is necessary to strengthen personnel training, improve the setting and curriculum system of environmental protection majors, and increase the enrollment and employment guidance of environmental protection majors, support environmental protection enterprises to carry out personnel training and introduction, establish and improve the incentive mechanism of environmental protection talents.

The fourth is to expand the domestic and foreign market space and promote the international development of the environmental protection industry. On the one hand, it is necessary to expand the domestic market space, make full use of the country's strategic opportunities to build a new development pattern, strengthen the docking with regional coordinated development strategies, and actively participate in the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Engineering projects to expand the market demand in the central and western regions and the northeast, strengthen the docking with the "Belt and Road" initiative, actively participate in global ecological environment governance and green development cooperation, and enhance the visibility and reputation of my country's environmental protection products and services in the international market.