Remediating water quality in China: Creating a platform that enables opportunities for global private entities

Abstract

China’s rising environmental consciousness, slowing industrial production and gradual transition to service economy provide a great opportunity to coordinate different private sectors through market force to tackle the water pollution issues in China. SinoAtlas (sinoatlas.asia), a platform sponsored by Enterprise Exchange Singapore, was therefore created to allow farmers, environmental firms and investors to gather the most up-to-date regulatory and market trends while proactively cooperate to form water relevant projects. Web-GIS is integrated for project visualization. Through literature/policy reviews on potential cooperation modes, interviews with agricultural professionals and case studies on successful business modes, the fundamental structure of this platform was established. A SWOT analysis of SinoAtlas indicates future MP groups shall work on use engagements and adaptively improve the objectives of the platform.