CITIC Environment is one of the most comprehensive and capable enterprises in the environmental protection industry, spanning the entire supply chain. The company is engaged in investment, design consulting, manufacturing, engineering contracting and project operations in areas such as ecological protection, urban and rural construction membrane manufacturing, smart construction and clean energy. The company ranks first in the country in industrial wastewater treatment capacity with the largest domestic design capacity in water environmental protection, ranks second in municipal engineering design in the industry with top tier architectural design and is a global leader in the high-end membrane market. The company achieved notable progress in business model transformation and digitalisation. Its international operations achieved new breakthroughs, while the construction of major projects advanced smoothly.
Key projects made smooth progress. CITIC Environment continues to lead the industry with several environmental benchmark projects in the Yangtze, Yellow and Pearl River basins. Over the year, the company processed 704 million tonnes of wastewater, supplied 57.78 million tonnes of water and managed 65,200 tonnes of hazardous waste. The Wuhan Jiangxia Wastewater Treatment Plant was recognised as one of the first national green and low-carbon benchmark wastewater treatment plants. The construction of a new sludge dewatering facility and a deep excavation for the second phase of the Shenzhen Futian Water Purification Plant, Asia’s largest semi-underground water treatment facility, were finished. Additionally, the largest fully underground membrane bioreactor (MBR) wastewater treatment plant in Northwest China, the Lanzhou Qilihe Anning Wastewater Treatment Plant expansion and renovation project, entered commercial operation. Meanwhile, the main structures of Buildings One to Three of the iconic cultural landmark project, the Hubei Wuhan Optics Valley Cultural Center, were completed.
Business development made steady progression. CITIC Environment secured several major projects, including the comprehensive development of the northern area of the Guanggu South Health Industry Park in Jiangxia District, Wuhan, and the Phase I concession project for the construction of a wastewater treatment plant in Daban Mountain Industrial Park (printing and dyeing) of Tumushuke Economic and Technological Development Zone, Xinjiang. Additionally, the company won the bid for the largest wastewater treatment and reuse project in the domestic petrochemical industry—the North Environmental Protection Huajin Project in Panjin, Liaoning.
International layout
The world’s largest oilfield produced water treatment and reuse project, the Kazakhstan KBM Oilfield Produced Water Reuse Project, officially commenced operations. Additionally, CITIC Environment successfully executed several key projects, including the closure of Asia’s largest landfill site—the restoration of the Mesaieed and Umm al-Hayman landfills in Qatar, the energy-saving renovation project of PetroChina (Kazakhstan)’s Aktau Power Plant in Kazakhstan and the upgrade and maintenance of a sewage treatment plant in Coloane, Macau.
Technological innovation
CITIC Environment is committed to advancing its technological innovation system, establishing an innovation research institute and applying for two scientific research platforms from the Ministry of Housing and Urban- Rural Development. The company secured the nation’s first city-level project digital management platform for engineering project lifecycles—the Hubei Chibi Municipal Engineering Management Platform. The company also undertook two national-level research projects and obtained over 160 authorised patents and software copyrights. Additionally, CITIC Environment received the highest honour in China for collaboration between industries, universities and research institutes—the 2023 China Industry-University-Research Collaborative Innovation Award.