Analysis of Factors Affecting the Development of Water Meter Market

First, the market demand continues to expand

 The state attaches great importance to sewage treatment and control, the implementation of reclaimed water and direct drinking water supply, the promotion of “new rural construction” to rural water supply, the expectation of water supply and drainage users for high-measurement-grade water meters, and the market for remote meter reading and Demands such as fee management systems have placed higher demands and greater demands on water metering instrumentation products. In recent years, the state has strengthened the management of heating and heating energy in the northern region. The heat meter market with flow metering technology as the main body has a huge demand; the global water meter industry is shifting to China, and domestic backbone enterprises will undertake more product development and production. Manufacturing tasks and more. It can be expected that during the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period and for a longer period of time, it will be the best period for the development of China's water meter industry.

 Second, the national water saving policy encourages

 With the increasing shortage of water resources in the world, governments have strengthened the comprehensive utilization and protection of water resources, and have attached great importance to the management of water consumption and the regulation of water price. The importance of water metering and water volume control is increasing. It appears that the global demand for various types of water meters has increased significantly. Intelligent water meters are widely used in key water-saving projects to realize the measurement, control, monitoring and management of civil tap water, which helps to improve the comprehensive utilization of water resources and establish a sense of water conservation. Especially with the country's enforcement of water from the traditional billing model to the “stepped water price” policy, the market prospect of water-saving water meters is huge. The water-saving policy provides strong government support for the subsequent development of smart water-saving water meters and systems, and will inevitably drive the continued growth of demand in its market.

 Third, smart cities promote smart water network construction

 The construction of intelligent water network has quietly emerged and gradually evolved into an important support for smart city infrastructure. At the same time, smart cities have brought huge investment opportunities to the construction of smart water networks. According to research data from the China Instrument Association, it is estimated that the size and investment of the IT market in the water supply sector will increase to US$16.3 billion in 2020. With the implementation of the national ladder water price, the smart water meter market will show a rapid growth trend, and the smart water meter and the remote data acquisition system will show great advantages. Although pure mechanical water meters are still the main phenotype in many second- and third-tier cities, and most of the urban tap water users use mechanical water meters, it is still difficult to update the smart meters with mechanical water meters, but the relevant public policies for smart water network construction management If it can be effectively implemented and implemented, the promotion of smart water network construction, including smart water meters, will be further strengthened.

 Fourth, the industry's overall development foundation is weak

 Generally speaking, compared with foreign industrial developed countries, China's water meter industry is still relatively weak. For example, there are many small and medium-sized enterprises in the industry, many individual combat enterprises, many low-end products, more homogenized products, and OEM production (including export stickers). There are many products that occupy the market with price advantage; fewer companies with strong comprehensive strength, fewer products with higher added value and fewer differentiated products, and fewer products with independent intellectual property rights. From a global perspective, China is still only a big country in the manufacture of water meters, and it is not a strong country in the manufacture of water meters.

 V. Insufficient technological innovation in the industry

 Due to weak technical innovation capability, unreasonable product structure and production methods, lack of high-quality compound talents, as well as design process level, equipment testing methods, flow sensing and signal processing technology, and application research of key raw materials and mold technology. The gap restricts the further sustainable development of the water meter industry. In terms of civilian small-caliber water meters, China is close to the international advanced level, but the profit margin is not large; in terms of large-caliber water meters and “smart water meters”, there are still gaps with international advanced enterprises in terms of design, manufacturing and product performance.

 Sixth, the industry standards are not complete

 China's water meter market is a liberalized trading market. Due to weak market supervision and the formation of national uniform quality standards, “low quality and low price” products have impacted the “high quality and high price” product market. At present, China's water price is low, many water supply enterprises are simple. The pursuit of cheap water meters will have a negative impact on the healthy development of the water meter market. This is in line with the fact that most countries in the world strictly control the trading of water, water and water meters, and regulate the water meter market.