In 2012, China invested 150 million yuan to support the development of environmental protection equipment and equipment

The 2012 annual meeting of the members of the Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences was held in Beijing. Wu Xiaoqing, vice minister of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, said at the meeting that companies have an irreplaceable main role in environmental protection science and technology innovation, scientific research organization, and the transformation and application of achievements. In addition to special research projects in environmental protection and public welfare industries, the research projects led by enterprises have exceeded 20%, and the participation of enterprises has reached 35%.

It is reported that in the special national major scientific instrument and equipment development project, the central budget for supporting the development of environmental protection equipment and equipment has reached 150 million yuan in 2012. All environmental protection projects are led by environmental protection companies. In the past 226 years, among the 226 scientific research projects won the national environmental protection science and technology award, the proportion of award-winning companies led by the company has also reached 28%. Currently, the Ministry of Environmental Protection has approved the construction of 26 key national environmental protection laboratories and 29 engineering and technical centers, among which 16 companies are construction-supporting companies.

According to statistics, the output value of China's environmental protection industry reached 1,100 billion yuan in 2010, accounting for 2.7% of GDP in the same year. There are 35,000 national environmental protection companies, 3 million people are employed, and a number of modern environmental protection companies with an annual output value of over one billion yuan have emerged.