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China water industry infrastructure utilities
| Chinese Water Industry - Unique Characteristics |
China water industry infrastructure utilities
Compared to the energy power or other utilities, the Chinese water sector has several solely unique characteristics. |
China water industry infrastructure utilities
Pipelines (including those for both tap water supply and drainage) are usually constructed with the government's guidance and it is not economical to duplicate pipeline systems merely for the purpose of competition. As water operation is attached to a pipeline operation, water operators are inclined to control pipelines to enhance their regional monopoly status, especially in negotiating tariffs with the government. With the "concession" business model becoming popular, there has been an increasing tendency of a single water operator dominating one city's water business with more vertical business integration. |
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Unlike electricity or gas, there are no other alternatives to substitute water. As such, water has low price elasticity and the government does regulates tariffs. The government typically levies water resource fees, which are one component of end-user tap water tariffs, to fine-tune water demand and promote water conservation. |
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| Difficulty of Inter-Regional Transfer |
Because water is easily polluted and can evaporate or leak, transferring water across long distances is rather difficult. Only in several exceptional cases has raw water, rather than tap water, been carried over long-distances (e.g. Dongshen Project for Guangdong and Hong Kong, South-to-North Water Transfer Project) in China. Even the transfer of raw water involves extremely high construction costs for pipelines.
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Given the strict requirements and huge pipeline construction costs, it is not economically viable to transfer tap water over long distances, which makes the water sector's monopolistic nature more evident. It will be essential that good water management policies be implemented in each region to provide clean water to the population and to promote good water conservation. |
China water industry infrastructure utilities
China water industry infrastructure utilities
In its report published on the Chinese water sector, BOCI identified several major listed companies that participate in the same markets as NCVL. |
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These companies are publicly listed in China, Hong Kong and Singapore and their statistics can provide a fairly accurate forecast for the potential of NCVL. |
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In addition, according to statistics compiled by Summit Global Management, a US water investment consultancy company, the US equity market also have a number of public waterworks companies have demonstrated above average returns on investments as detailed below. |
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Invest in China water industry infrastructure utilities
*Compiled by Summit Global Management Inc. - An equally-weighted list of all publicly traded U.S. water utility stocks that existed as of 12/31/05. Importantly, this is a negatively-selected list, in that some public water utility stocks were acquired during the years depicted above, and the returns on those acquired companies, normally purchased at large premiums to market prices, are not included herein. Thus, if this compilation included the returns of all water utility stocks that were trading at the beginning of these periods, the returns may have been substantially higher. |
The following table illustrates a list of widely held U.S. stocks participating in the US water industry and the above average rates of returns for the most recent 10-year period (12/31/1995 through 12/31/2005). |
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Invest in China water industry infrastructure utilities
The statistics compiled show that in the U.S. market, the water utilities sector has relatively outperformed the market. This is positive for NCVL as the Company will be publicly listed in the U.S. and will be seeking several tranches of equity financing in the U.S. |
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