For a long time, my country has been short of water resources and serious water pollution problems. At the same time, the discharge of wastewater remains high, and the water environment needs to be improved urgently. At present, the scale of urban sewage treatment in my country has basically met the requirements. As of the end of 2019, the urban sewage treatment rate in my country has reached 96.81% and 93.55%, while the penetration rate of rural sewage treatment is still low, and the number of construction towns and townships for sewage treatment is relatively low. At the same time, the rural sewage treatment rate is less than 30%.

　　 On the whole, the demand for sewage treatment in my country will gradually develop in economically underdeveloped areas in the future. Upgrading and upgrading standards will be the main growth point for my country's urban sewage treatment in the future, and there is huge room for development of rural sewage treatment.

　　 In addition, my country’s sewage treatment has a long-standing problem of "heavy factories and light grids". On the one hand, although sewage treatment facilities have been built, because the collection pipe network is not in place, low load rates often occur in the "sunshine project". On the other hand, due to the disrepair of the pipe network, damage and leakage, and incorrect connection, the water quality of the river is affected.

　　 Compared with sewage treatment plants, there is a clear source of charges. The construction and maintenance of pipe networks basically rely on government fees, which brings greater pressure to local governments. Therefore, this is also the focus and difficulty of my country's sewage treatment model innovation in the future.

In terms of market competition, stricter PPP policies and enhanced project performance appraisal have prompted market entities with different advantages to accelerate asset integration. Leading companies actively merge to consolidate market positions. In addition to traditional water companies, external companies have also adopted mergers and acquisitions. Cross-border entry into the sewage treatment industry, transformation into the sewage treatment field, market competition is showing a diversified trend, and at the same time, the industry is accelerating toward concentration.

"Fourteenth Five-Year Plan" investment scale or will further increase

　　 During the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, the state invested 429.8 billion yuan in urban sewage treatment and recycling facilities. During the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, the state's investment in urban sewage treatment and recycling facilities continued to grow, reaching 564.4 billion yuan, of which the two largest investments in the construction of urban sewage treatment and recycling facilities were: The investment in new supporting sewage pipe network and new sewage treatment facilities together accounted for nearly half of the investment in the sewage-related part of the "13th Five-Year Plan" period. It lies in new production capacity and pipeline network matching.

According to the investment scale in the "13th Five-Year Plan" in the field of water environmental governance, combined with the comprehensive analysis of the total amount and complexity of the rural water environment governance in the new era and the ecological governance of several major river basins, the "14th Five-Year Plan" is forward-looking. China's investment in water environment governance may be further upgraded to 733.7 billion yuan. There is still a lot of room for development in China's sewage treatment market.