Shenzhen Exhibition of 2024 China Environmental Expo opens

On September 23, the South China flagship environmental protection exhibition-the 2024 China Environmental Expo Shenzhen Exhibition, hosted by Guangdong Province Environmental Protection Industry Association, China Trade Munich Exhibition (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. and Munich Expo Group, opened at the Shenzhen International Convention and Exhibition Center (Bao 'an New Hall), kicking off a three-day environmental protection event in the South China, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The 6th Guangdong Environmental Protection Industry High-Quality Development Conference held at the same time, with the theme of "Leading the Future with High Quality", gathered wisdom and wisdom to discuss the implementation path of high-quality development of the environmental protection industry in Guangdong Province during the 15th Five-Year Plan.

Explore the path of high-quality development of the environmental protection industry

Xu Jinzhou, a second-level inspector of the Department of Ecology and Environment of Guangdong Province, said in his opening speech that the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China made major decisions to comprehensively deepen reforms and promote China's modernization, and made important arrangements for "deepening the reform of the ecological civilization system." It proposed to focus on building a beautiful China and accelerate the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development, which will surely promote industrial upgrading and transformation, promote green technology transformation and vigorous development of green and low-carbon. It provides new opportunities for the high-quality development of the environmental protection industry and is conducive to promoting the development of traditional environmental protection industries in a high-end, intelligent and green direction.

As the backbone of the construction of ecological civilization and the battle against pollution, the environmental protection industry plays an important role in supporting and serving the high-quality development of Guangdong Province and high-level protection of the ecological environment, and welcomes its own development. Xu Jinzhou said that in the era of "high-quality development", the environmental protection industry must not only adhere to the "blue sky, clear water" but also "support high-quality development with a high-quality ecological environment." This is the mission and opportunity of Guangdong's environmental protection industry.

Mai Jianbo, president of the Environmental Protection Industry Association of Guangdong Province, mentioned that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Guangdong's environmental protection industry has made great progress. In 2012, the revenue from environmental protection business of Guangdong's environmental protection industry was only 62.5 billion yuan, reaching 209.9 billion yuan by 2022. The compound growth rate was 12.9% over the past ten years, and gratifying results have been achieved. However, the environmental protection industry is currently facing severe challenges. According to the latest statistics, Guangdong's environmental protection industry's environmental protection business revenue experienced a decline for the first time in 2023, with revenue of approximately 196.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of approximately 6.4%. In the first half of 2024, the revenue and profits of environmental protection companies are not optimistic. The number of companies whose revenue fell in the first quarter and the second quarter was 47.5% and 55% respectively, and the number of companies whose profits increased was only 9.4%.

"Under the guidance of the idea of ecological civilization, the future development of the environmental protection industry still has bright prospects." Mai Jianbo told this reporter that the Guangdong Exhibition of the China Environmental Expo was held in Guangzhou/Shenzhen. It has been ten years since then. It mainly relies on the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the Pan-Pearl River + Region, and the Guangdong-Shaanxi-Gansu "Belt and Road" Environmental Protection Industry Alliance, etc., is a highly influential environmental protection exhibition event in South China. The association hopes to use exchange platforms such as the China Environmental Expo and the Guangdong Environmental Protection Industry High-Quality Development Conference to listen to and collect valuable opinions and suggestions from more leading experts and fellow entrepreneurs, jointly respond to the current market downturn and challenges, and explore Guangdong's environmental protection industry The road to high-quality development in the future.

During this exhibition, the 6th Guangdong Environmental Protection Industry High-Quality Development Conference was held at the same time. Focusing on technological innovation and current hot spots, more than 20 professional forums and docking activities in sub-fields were held. The purpose was to deeply analyze industry trends and analyze the industry in multiple dimensions. Trend, explore how environmental protection companies can go out to sea and work together with all parties in the industrial chain to seek common development plans.

AI intelligence, energy conservation and consumption reduction have become important development directions

New Dayu Environment launched its first AI smart product for rural sewage treatment to solve the problem of "basking in the sun" in rural sewage treatment facilities. This product can flexibly match the optimal operating parameters according to the inflow and water quality to reduce the release of chemicals and sludge; the microbial AI growth model and the pollutant AI removal model are calculated to match the optimal operating parameters without the need for environmental protection professionals.

Rez Intelligent Equipment (Guangdong) Co., Ltd. focuses on energy conservation and consumption reduction of products. The energy conservation and emission reduction effects of the Rez fans it produces are very obvious. Compared with traditional Roots blowers, a 300kW Reitz fan saves about 1.5 million kilowatt-hours of electricity every year and saves about 920,000 yuan in electricity bills; saves about 187 tons of coal every year and reduces carbon emissions by about 480 tons.

"AI technology, energy conservation and consumption reduction are all key areas of concern to the current environmental protection industry." Li Yuanbin, deputy secretary-general of the Guangdong Province Environmental Protection Industry Association, told this reporter. According to data provided by the Guangdong Province Environmental Protection Industry Association, the scale of this exhibition exceeds 30,000 square meters, bringing together more than 500 companies to participate in the exhibition, focusing on water and sewage treatment, water supply and drainage pump pipe valves, solid waste treatment, air management, soil remediation, environmental monitoring and other fields, and gathering the wisdom and strength of the environmental protection industry to provide special solutions for the difficulties of green and high-quality development in various industries.

Li Yuanbin mentioned that the opening ceremony also invited relevant leaders of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the Pan-Pearl River Delta + Region, the Guangdong-Shaanxi-Gansu Belt and Road Environmental Protection Industry Alliance and some other provincial environmental protection industry associations and enterprises to attend the meeting."We strive to achieve Close integration of different regional markets, achieve win-win cooperation through complementary resource advantages, and jointly promote high-quality development of the industry."

Practice your internal skills to achieve breakthrough

"I participate in the exhibition every year. This is a learning opportunity and platform to understand the development direction of the industry and learn from my colleagues in the environmental protection industry." Zhou Liang, chairman of Shenzhen YueKunlun Environmental Protection Industrial Co., Ltd., told reporters that many new materials and equipment will be seen every year at the exhibition, which will inspire the development of his company's technology. "After returning from the visit every year, our technicians will make a summary of the visit and propose new directions for technological development."

In response to the current downward pressure on the environmental protection industry, Zhou Liang said that any industry has a ups and downs process."There is still a lot of room for development in the environmental protection industry, and there is still a lot of room for product technology innovation." Regarding how to break through, he believes that we must adhere to the common development of social and economic benefits. "If social benefits are ignored, chaos such as fraud will occur, and enterprises will not be able to go far. Enterprises pursue benefits, but it is difficult to maintain them without economic benefits. The solution still depends on product quality and technological innovation." Zhou Liang also mentioned that there will be fewer and fewer specific environmental protection projects, and operation and maintenance is a long-term task with a lot of space and is the key development direction of the company in the future.

"I think the main thing is to practice internal strength." Zhang Juquan, business manager of Guangdong Xinfeng Fan Co., Ltd., told reporters that the market downturn is inevitable. Companies should further improve product quality, especially work hard to save energy and reduce consumption, and reduce costs for customers. "The needs of the environmental protection industry always exist. We just hope to do deeper, deepen the industry, and provide better services to gain market recognition."

In this regard, Xie Jianhua, president of Guangdong Xinhuan Environmental Protection Industry Group Co., Ltd., also mentioned to reporters that products with serious homogenization are difficult to survive in the current form. Enterprises must work hard on innovation and be precise and specialized."For the same product, we must achieve better product quality and better price."