Promoting High-Quality Development of the Environmental Protection Equipment Manufacturing Industry: 2027 and 2030 Goals and Detailed Explanation of 12 Policy Measures

Promoting High-Quality Development of the Environmental Protection Equipment Manufacturing Industry: 2027 and 2030 Goals and Detailed Explanation of 12 Policy MeasuresOn March 14th, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, and the State Administration for Market Regulation jointly issued the "Several Opinions on Promoting the High-Quality Development of the Environmental Protection Equipment Manufacturing Industry" (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions"), outlining the direction for high-quality development of China's environmental protection equipment manufacturing industry and proposing a specific action plan. This document aims to enhance the competitiveness of China's environmental protection equipment manufacturing industry and drive its comprehensive upgrade from traditional pollution control to green, low-carbon, and circular development

Promoting High-Quality Development of the Environmental Protection Equipment Manufacturing Industry: 2027 and 2030 Goals and Detailed Explanation of 12 Policy Measures

On March 14th, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, and the State Administration for Market Regulation jointly issued the "Several Opinions on Promoting the High-Quality Development of the Environmental Protection Equipment Manufacturing Industry" (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions"), outlining the direction for high-quality development of China's environmental protection equipment manufacturing industry and proposing a specific action plan. This document aims to enhance the competitiveness of China's environmental protection equipment manufacturing industry and drive its comprehensive upgrade from traditional pollution control to green, low-carbon, and circular development.

The "Opinions" define two phased goals for 2027 and 2030. By 2027, it strives to achieve a significant increase in the market share of advanced technological equipment, a more robust standard system, the basic filling of shortfalls in the industrial chain of key technologies and equipment, and a dominant domestic position and successful international expansion for advanced technological equipment, ultimately building a relatively complete supply system for environmental protection equipment. This phase focuses on addressing shortcomings, enhancing market competitiveness, and actively exploring international markets.

Looking ahead to 2030, the "Opinions" set a more ambitious goal: independent control over shortfalls in the industrial chain of environmental protection technology and equipment, further expansion of the advantages of advanced technological equipment, and significant improvements in the industry scale, product quality, and comprehensive efficiency of the environmental protection equipment manufacturing industry. Simultaneously, the document plans to cultivate a group of leading enterprises with strong industrial innovation capabilities and comprehensive competitiveness, promoting a comprehensive upgrade of the environmental protection equipment manufacturing industry and ultimately leading it towards a green, low-carbon, and circular development path.

To achieve these goals, the "Opinions" propose 12 specific policy measures from four aspects: strengthening key technological breakthroughs, accelerating the promotion of advanced technologies, cultivating new driving forces for industry development, and optimizing the industrial development environment. These measures cover technology research and development, industrial upgrading, market expansion, and policy support, forming a relatively complete policy system.

Strengthening Key Technological Breakthroughs: Overcoming Bottlenecks in the Industrial Chain and Achieving Technological Breakthroughs

Regarding technological breakthroughs, the "Opinions" emphasize focusing on bottlenecks in the industrial and supply chains, actively carrying out key technology "revealing-the-best-talent" projects, and implementing a three-year action plan to improve major environmental protection technology and equipment. This means concentrating resources to solve key technological bottlenecks hindering industrial development. Furthermore, the "Opinions" encourage the application of new generation information technologies, such as 5G and artificial intelligence, in the design, manufacturing, pollution control, and environmental monitoring of environmental protection equipment to improve the intelligence and efficiency of the equipment. This will drive the development of the environmental protection equipment manufacturing industry towards high-end and intelligent directions, enhancing its international competitiveness.

Accelerating the Promotion of Advanced Technologies: Promoting Technological Achievements Transformation and Driving Industrial Upgrading

To promote the application of advanced technologies, the "Opinions" will adopt a series of measures to accelerate the transformation of technological achievements into productive forces. This will help improve the overall technical level of the industry and drive the industry towards a higher level of development. Specific measures will be further clarified in subsequent implementation details.

Cultivating New Driving Forces for Industry Development: Fostering Leading Enterprises and Building a Complete Industrial Ecosystem

The "Opinions" propose cultivating new driving forces for industry development, including fostering a group of enterprises meeting industry standard conditions, specialized and innovative "small giant" enterprises, and manufacturing single-item champions. Supporting these enterprises can drive the development of the entire industry and form a good industrial ecosystem. Furthermore, the document encourages leading enterprises to shift from providing single-field environmental protection technology equipment to multi-field "product + service" supply, which will help improve the profitability and competitiveness of enterprises and promote the collaborative development of the entire industrial chain. This model transformation will strengthen the competitive position of enterprises in the market and promote the diversification of products and services.

Optimizing the Industrial Development Environment: Creating a Fair Competitive Environment and Stimulating Market Vitality

To optimize the industrial development environment, the "Opinions" emphasize strengthening industry regulation and guidance, promoting the establishment of a fair, competitive, and orderly market development environment. This will provide good external conditions for the healthy development of the environmental protection equipment manufacturing industry. Simultaneously, the "Opinions" propose leveraging the role of green finance, supporting qualified environmental protection equipment enterprises in issuing green bonds, and expanding financing channels. Increased support for environmental protection equipment technological innovation, intelligent manufacturing, and service transformation will be provided through relevant special funds and government investment funds, creating a favorable financial ecosystem for industrial development. These financial policies will provide strong financial support for the environmental protection equipment manufacturing industry, promoting its rapid development.

Current Industrial Status and Future Development Trends

Currently, the scale of China's environmental protection equipment manufacturing industry continues to expand. According to industry association estimates, since the 13th Five-Year Plan, the total output value of the environmental protection equipment manufacturing industry has had a compound annual growth rate of nearly 6%, reaching 920 billion yuan in 2024. Environmental technology development exhibits characteristics of "overall parallel running and partial leading," with complete sets of equipment and integrated equipment basically meeting domestic pollution control needs. This shows that China's environmental protection equipment manufacturing industry has a certain scale and technological strength, but it also faces challenges in further improving its technological level and international competitiveness.

The release of the "Opinions" marks the country's emphasis on and support for the development of the environmental protection equipment manufacturing industry. Through the implementation of the various policy measures proposed in the "Opinions," it is expected to further promote the high-quality development of the environmental protection equipment manufacturing industry, provide strong support for China's goals of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, further enhance the international competitiveness of China's environmental protection equipment manufacturing industry, and ultimately achieve a comprehensive upgrade and sustainable development of the industry. Specific implementation details will be released successively, providing clearer guidance and more specific plans for the environmental protection equipment manufacturing industry.

In conclusion, the release of the "Opinions" is an important measure to promote the high-quality development of China's environmental protection equipment manufacturing industry. The goals and policy measures it proposes point out the direction for the future development of the industry and provide a clear development path for enterprises. It is believed that with the support of national policies and the joint efforts of enterprises, China's environmental protection equipment manufacturing industry will surely usher in a brighter future. Future development will revolve around technological innovation, industrial upgrading, market expansion, and policy support. This will be a long and continuous process, requiring the joint efforts of the government, enterprises, and all sectors of society to ultimately achieve.

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