Research On The International Competitiveness Of China’s Environmental Service Industry

The environmental service industry is an important part of the environmental protection industry.Compared with the environmental protection manufacturing industry,the environmental service industry has the characteristics of high added value and high technical level.Since the 90 s of the 20 th century,China’s environmental service industry has experienced a stage of rapid development,accounting for 51% of the total output value of the domestic environmental protection industry in 2015,and then has maintained a level of more than half,becoming a new driving force for the growth of the environmental protection industry.However,in the process of development,China’s environmental service industry also faces many problems: the overall profit margin is low,there are a large number of homogeneous small and micro enterprises,it is difficult to transform demand into the market,the policy mechanism is not perfect,the degree of enterprise participation in international competition is low,and the number of overseas patent applications is small.In recent years,China has been persistently exploring various measures to promote the healthy and orderly development of the environmental service industry,and has made continuous efforts to promote the market-oriented and professional development of the environmental service industry,expand industrial investment,promote the level of industrial technology,and improve the construction of a standardized and orderly market competition environment.Based on the research results at home and abroad,this paper focuses on the international competitiveness of China’s environmental service industry,and discusses the development pattern of international environmental service industry,the development status of China’s environmental service industry and the analysis of influencing factors of competitiveness,and the comparative analysis of the competitiveness of leading enterprises in the field of water affairs.This paper sorts out the different definitions and classifications of environmental services in the world,and conducts research on the basis of domestic and foreign literature on the competitiveness of environmental service industries and enterprises,the development of international environmental services,relevant policies and regulations,and countermeasures to promote industrial development.Firstly,the development history and development pattern of the international environmental service industry are sorted out,and the three economies of the United States,Europe and Japan,which currently have competitive advantages,are selected to discuss the development of their environmental service industry in detail.Secondly,this paper sorts out the development status of China’s environmental service industry,and uses the Porter diamond model to analyze the influencing factors of the international competitiveness of China’s environmental service industry by comparing with countries with more mature environmental service industry around six major elements,and summarizes the problems existing in the current development.Subsequently,the leading water enterprises from China,the United States,France and Japan were selected for comparative analysis of competitiveness,and through the comparison of five aspects:enterprise scale,main business,technical level,profitability and degree of internationalization,it was found that BEWG already had strong competitiveness in terms of comprehensive service provision capabilities,but there was still a certain gap with the international advanced level,and the degree of internationalization was not high enough.The results of the full-text research show that at present,China’s environmental service industry as a whole is in the transition period of in-depth governance and comprehensive environmental improvement to industrial boundary extension,and the overall competitiveness is at a medium level.The demand for China’s environmental service industry is leading the world,and the huge potential domestic demand is the development advantage of China’s environmental service industry,but the current residents’ insufficient awareness of environmental protection,insufficient capital investment,and insufficient implementation of the "user payment" system hinder the transformation of potential demand and affect the competitiveness of China’s environmental service industry.Policies can adapt to changes in the needs of industrial development and play a role in promoting the development of environmental service industry,but there are still some problems of imperfect formulation of policies and regulations,difficulties in implementation,and inconsistent with market operation mechanisms,which are not conducive to the development of China’s environmental service industry and the improvement of industrial competitiveness.In addition,China’s environmental service enterprises currently participate in international competition to a low extent,and the proportion of overseas business is small,but facing good opportunities such as the continuous promotion of the "Belt and Road" green construction and the further opening up of environmental service departments in some RCEP member countries,it is conducive to China’s environmental service enterprises "going global".Based on the comprehensive analysis results,this paper puts forward the following suggestions for promoting the development of China’s environmental service industry: cultivate leading enterprises and enhance industrial concentration;Improve the price and fee mechanism and promote the internalization of pollution discharge costs;Increase capital investment to promote the transformation of potential demand into the market;Focus on nurturing public awareness of environmental protection;strengthening environmental legislation,implementing regulation and enforcement;Expand trade in environmental services and improve the level of openness.