Overcoming Difficulties and Sustained Efforts - China Water Environment Group Holds the 2025 Annual Work Conference

On January 19, the 2025 Annual Work Conference and Outstanding Employee Awards Ceremony of China Water Environment Group were held in Beijing. The conference comprehensively reviewed the work of 2024, deeply analyzed the current situation and challenges, and clarified the group's development goals and strategic direction for 2025.

The Main Venue of the 2025 Annual Work Conference of China Water Environment Group

Leaders and guests in attendance included Ding Houwen, Chairman and Secretary of the Party Committee of SDIC High - tech, He Jun, General Manager and Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Liu Zhong, Vice General Manager, Li Si, head of the Water Environment Business Management Group, Bai Jin, director of CPE Yuanfeng, and Liu Gang, a researcher at the Research Center for Eco - Environmental Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Hou Feng, Chairman and Secretary of the Party Branch of China Water Environment Group, along with Vice Presidents Chen Ming, Li Feng, Fang Yong, and Zhang Lujing, as well as representatives of outstanding employees from all levels of the group, participated in the meeting at the headquarters. Vice Presidents Shao Yanqing and Mo Haiping attended the meeting at the sub - venue. The group had 50 sub - venues participating in the meeting through an online conference system.

Business District Video Sub - venue

Group Vice President Chen Ming Delivers the Annual Work Report

Group Vice President Chen Ming delivered a speech titled “Annual Work Report for 2024 and Work Requirements for 2025.” He pointed out that in 2024, with the support of shareholders, the group adhered to the principles of “seeking progress while maintaining stability, promoting stability through progress, upholding innovation, and enhancing coordination.” It persisted in the approach of “taking appropriate actions and refraining from others,” fully engaged in the battle against debt, deepened the “three improvements,” and ensured stable business operations. At the same time, he analyzed the internal and external challenges facing the group's development. He emphasized that in 2025, the group should do a good job in the “15th Five - Year” development plan and annual work deployment, continuously improve free cash flow, enhance the fundamentals of its business, promote quality improvement and efficiency enhancement of existing operations, focus on ensuring survival, optimize management mechanisms, lead development with technological innovation, and establish a “comprehensive risk control” supervision mechanism to ensure the company's high - quality development and deliver an excellent report card for the “14th Five - Year” plan.

Professor Kong Hainan from Shanghai Jiao Tong University Speaks

Professor Kong Hainan, a strategic technology expert of the group, shared his experience on the achievements of the Dali - based fee - collection and debt - reduction efforts. This provided the “Erhai Lake experience” for the group's business units to fight the battle of fee collection. He praised the group's capable cadres for their positive results in focusing on fee - collection targets in the business districts. He encouraged all group members to seize policy opportunities and protect the group's foundation for survival, leading the high - quality development of the industry with core strengths.

Researcher Liu Gang from the Research Center for Eco - Environmental Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Speaks

Researcher Liu Gang, an expert of the group's Youth Committee, delivered a report titled “Future Sewage Systems and Urban Water - Energy - Material - Information Centers.” He reviewed the in - depth industry - university - research cooperation with the group over the years. He affirmed the group's distributed and sunken urban - scale implementation of water - energy - material - information integration, which provides Chinese solutions to global sewage problems. He also gave a cutting - edge analysis of global sewage treatment trends, sewage resource utilization, and sewage information monitoring.

Chairman and Party Secretary of SDIC High - tech, Ding Houwen, Speaks

Ding Houwen, Chairman and Party Secretary of SDIC High - tech, praised the concerted efforts of the water environment team and the hard - earned achievements of 2024 in his speech. He highlighted the collaborative progress between the shareholders and the management, which has laid a solid foundation for corporate governance and enhanced the company's brand reputation through multiple honors. He expressed his approval of the water environment's 2025 work plan and provided key instructions:

1. Strategic Leadership: Align with national strategies to achieve greater success.

2. Comprehensive Reform: Improve corporate governance to invigorate the enterprise.

3. Quality Improvement and Efficiency Enhancement: Reduce costs and enhance efficiency through lean management.

4. Deepening Technological Innovation: Strengthen technological influence and build competitive barriers.

5. Continuous Focus on Production and Integrity Safety: Implement primary responsibilities and uphold the bottom line.

6. Shareholder Support: Enhance corporate governance efficiency and consolidate management foundations.

He urged the entire water environment team to prepare for a protracted battle, establish a bottom - line mindset, overcome difficulties, and achieve sustainable development.

Group Chairman Hou Feng Speaks

Hou Feng, Chairman of the Group, pointed out that with the introduction of a series of national policies in 2024, which provided relief and boosted confidence for enterprises and their teams, the Group achieved breakthroughs in fee collection, debt restructuring, and bank loan extension and interest rate reduction, thanks to the support of its shareholders. The Group also made good progress in technological innovation, the “three improvements,” production safety, quality improvement and efficiency enhancement, key domestic and international markets, Party building, and brand - driven market development. He emphasized that innovation is an ongoing journey to solidify the company's moat; the “three improvements” should be practiced to strengthen the company's competitiveness; cash flow should be secured to safeguard the lifeline of survival; new market spaces at home and abroad should continue to be explored; and Party building should lead to development cohesion. He encouraged all Group members to seize the opportunity window, ensure adequate learning, understanding, methodology, and action, and strive to create a world - class national brand for water environment management.

The meeting was presided over by Liu Rui, Director of the Group's Administrative Management Center. The meeting recognized and rewarded outstanding teams and individuals of 2024. Fang Yuanchuan, Assistant to the Group President, read out the “Decision on Commending Outstanding Teams and Individuals of the Group in 2024.” Representatives of the awardees shared their acceptance speeches. The meeting also played a short video titled “Our 2024,” which reviewed the group's key achievements and multi - field results, demonstrating the group's solid steps on the path to high - quality development and strengthening the confidence of the market and the team.

The meaning of time is given by struggle, and the value of time is created by struggle. China Water Environment Group will continue to focus on strategic goals, hold the lifeline, overcome difficulties, and persistently forge new glories.

Group Photo of the 2025 Annual Work Conference of China Water Environment Group