Water companies are not only state-owned enterprises, but also private enterprises and foreign enterprises, many of which are listed companies in China and Hong Kong, and some international enterprises in the United States and France are also participating in China's water operation.

At present, domestic water companies are mainly in the following four forms:

1. Capital-operated enterprises are the industrial leaders of urban water industry, and the world-leading water enterprises are among them. These enterprises have the strength of capital market and water industry operation and management; They use capital as a link to invest and operate in the global water industry market and export technology, talents and brands.

representative enterprises: Shenzhen water industry group, Huijin water, Tianjin pioneering and environmental protection.

2. Investment management type, which is driven by investment, is mostly a transformation of non-traditional water industry, with strong financial strength and relatively lack of operational experience in urban water industry.

Capital Group (listed company), Delong Group (listed company), Hongyuanju Group (private enterprise) and SIC Group (listed company in Hong Kong)

3. Management-oriented enterprises, which account for the majority of the urban water industry, are the main enterprises under the industrial structure of raw water industry, and are mostly transformed from the original water supply companies and sewage treatment enterprises; It has strong locality and is not the main body of water industry investment, but the main body of water industry operation because of the restriction of capital form.

Beijing water supply group, Beijing drainage group, Shanghai Pudong water co., ltd.

4. Engineering, technology and equipment-providing enterprises refer to various professional service companies engaged in water engineering contracting, technology provision and equipment provision, and are an important part of urban water industry.

Jinzhou Project (USA), Deliman (France), OTV (France) Tongfang Water Engineering Company, China Municipal North China Design Institute, etc.

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How to deepen the reform of the water market

1. According to experts' analysis, urban water supply service belongs to the government's public * * * service category, regardless of the introduction of foreign capital and private enterprises.

because urban water supply is the core content of public service, its evaluation core is to ensure the safety, security and sustainability of water supply service, and to enable low-income people to drink "safe water". Controlling water price, introducing foreign capital and introducing market mechanism are not the goals of water reform, but means. Therefore, water operation enterprises must accept the supervision of the government and the public, and the government must not be a "shopkeeper".

2. Urban water affairs is a vast field, including raw water, water conveyance, water purification, water supply, water sale, drainage, sewage treatment, construction and maintenance of related network management, and equipment production. Not every business is suitable for marketization. Market-oriented reforms should be carried out for water supply, sewage treatment and other operational businesses with specific outputs, and private capital and market mechanisms should be introduced to adopt market-oriented financing methods;

For non-operating projects with no specific output, such as pipe network construction and drainage, the government should invest more in urban water supply, sewage treatment, pipe network laying and equipment renewal.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Water Company