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Development of China’s water public-private partnership and the growth of Chinese water players

중국 물산업 민관협력사업(PPP) 발전과정과 중국 물기업의 성장요인 분석에 관한 연구

Jihye Oha*
오 지혜a*
aResearch Professor, Graduate School of International Studies, Global Research Institute, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
a고려대학교 국제대학원 세계지역연구소 연구교수
*Corresponding Author
31 March 2022. pp. 217-227
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Abstract

Since China adopted Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in the water sector in the early 1990s, PPPs have played a key role in improving infrastructure development in China. As the Chinese water market became one of the most enormous and potential existing in the world, once a water player settles down in the market, the company tends to be the world-leading water player on the basis of the number of people served from water infrastructure. Unlike the early PPP period overwhelmed by several water transnational corporations, local water players began to dominate the domestic market and have recently expanded their influence overseas. The Chinese government has continuously intervened to promote private sector participation of local water players in the PPP development process in legal and institutional aspects. Thus this article examined the development of water PPPs in China and analyzed the successful elements of local water players’ growth related to the government policy.

Keywords
China
Public-private partnership
PPP
Water
PSP
Chinese company
SOE

중국 물시장에 PPP를 도입한 이후, 몇몇 다국적기업이 장악했던 중국 물시장은 중국기업의 괄목할만한 성장과 함께 외국기업의 독점적인 지위는 무너지고, 경쟁적인 시장이 되었다. 진입장벽이 높은 물시장에서 중국 기업이 어떻게 주목할만한 성장을 할 수 있었는지 알아보기 위해, 중국 물산업 PPP의 발전과 중국 물기업의 성장요인을 중국 정부 정책 및 전략 변화의 흐름에 따라 이해하고자 한다. 따라서 해외시장에 진출하고자 하는 한국 물기업의 전략 수립 등에 있어 중요한 참고자료로 활용될 것으로 기대된다.

키워드
중국
민관협력사업
물산업 PPP
PSP
중국기업
국유기업
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  • Publisher :KOREA WATER RESOURECES ASSOCIATION
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국수자원학회
  • Journal Title :Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국수자원학회 논문집
  • Volume : 55
  • No :3
  • Pages :217-227
  • Received Date : 2022-01-07
  • Revised Date : 2022-02-08
  • Accepted Date : 2022-02-08
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.3741/JKWRA.2022.55.3.217
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