To relieve the serious pollution problem,
Daqing Harbin
Beijing Shangdong Jiangsu
gqing Guizhau
Wuhan
Guangdong
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Guangdong plans to invest up to three per cent of the total GDP into the environment sector to develop projects around six key areas: • De-sulphurisation in power plants • Regional wastewater treatment and river remediation
• Solid waste treatment • Ecological protection and development • Radioactive source treatment • Emergency response/monitoring systems
Guangdong also planned to invest RMB 40 billion during 2008-2012, mostly to build environment infrastructures in less developed regions and on new industry zones that host the relocated high-energy-consuming and high-polluting factories, as one of the measures devised in the Province’s economy stimulus packages. Emerging business opportunities include high
to deal with 2,000 tons of solid waste per day and will be completed in three years. The government will invest another £5 billion in fi ve for emission control and energy effi ciency improvement. Chongqing has just launched a pollutant emission trading mechanism where the emission permits of SO2
and COD are tradable. In September 2008, Chongqing became the
second pilot city under the UKTI/MOFCOM sustainable cities initiative. Refl ecting the Chongqing government’s commitment to promoting environmental technologies the target sub-sectors are: air quality control, emission reduction, sewage management and treatment, urban regeneration and historical conservation, energy effi cient building design and sustainable building. Southern China is at the forefront of China’s
rapid economic growth. The region includes the historically dynamic Pearl River Delta in Guangdong Province which is known as the world’s manufacturing workshop, contributing ten per cent of China’s GDP and generating one third of China’s foreign trade. However, rapid economic development has had a massive environmental impact.
value-added, advanced solutions to improve the air quality, river quality, and solid waste and hazardous waste treatment in large-scale cities. The UK could also provide design, engineering services and project management to the World Bank funded Pearl River remediation projects, invest and operate the BOT (Build Operate Transfer) and TOT (Transfer Operate Transfer) wastewater treatment projects in regional cities and industrial zones. In general, the local market for environmental
40bnRMB
Guandong plans to invest in 2008-2012 to build environment infrastructures in less developed regions
machinery and equipment is becoming more competitive, with domestic equipment dominating the market. However, some niche products still rely on foreign brand supply such as the pumps and membrane systems. But the UK’s advanced environmental technologies and leading expertise in environmental consultancy, engineering service and management, is in demand in China, which is keen to learn from foreign experience in tackling environmental pollution. For example, in Guangdong province, the government encourages local manufacturers to co-operate with foreign companies in joint ventures, technology transfer, and manufacturing under license to manufacture large-scale equipment.
Funding
China has planned many environmental projects to meet the goals of environmental protection and pollution control. However, a lack of funding remains a major obstacle. Despite government investment plans to meet pollution control, only
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