Disasters intensify, environmental monitoring instruments or development opportunities

Natural disasters occur frequently and are intensifying. There are floods and plagues in the south, and there are forest fires outside of Russia. In the massive mudslides in Zhouqu, Gansu province, which occurred in the early morning of August 8, 1156 people have been confirmed dead and hundreds of missing persons have no chance of survival. In the past, the tragic situation of the mud-filled city after the disaster in the “Jiangnan region of the Tibetan region” and the death and injury caused people to be shocked and saddened by the sudden and destructive disaster.

According to authoritative sources from the China Geological Environment Monitoring Institute, as of 2009, a total of 200,000 hidden geological disasters have been discovered across the country, among which 16,000 are super-large and large-scale geological hazards, threatening a population of 7 million, and threatening property assets of 84 billion yuan. This means that China still has at least 16,000 hidden dangers similar to Zhouqu, which threatens the personal and property safety of 7 million people.

So many hidden dangers are like lurking in the darkness, and they may appear at any time. However, there is still room for man’s subjective initiative. If positive and effective monitoring and early warning measures are adopted, a sound disaster avoidance plan will be formulated, and existing rehabilitation projects will be repaired and rectified, the consequences of disasters will also be mitigated.

At present, China's environmental monitoring equipment is far from meeting actual needs in terms of variety, quantity, performance, and quality. Most of the monitoring stations in the country have low technology and equipment, single functions, poor stability and reliability, and they need to be replaced. Relevant experts believe that manufacturers of environmental monitoring instruments and equipment will be divided in two directions: one is a large-scale comprehensive enterprise with international competitiveness, and the other is a group of highly specialized small and medium-sized enterprises, mainly specialized in certain types of technologies or Proficient in a certain product or service, characterized by small scale, staffed, and experienced. A large number of production enterprises developed rapidly and began to change the status of China's environmental monitoring field by relying only on imported instruments. At the same time, enterprises, universities, research institutes, design institutes, finance, and market agencies have realized communication and interaction to promote the formation of large-scale production companies and large-scale markets.

The occurrence of major accidents, in addition to the need for a large number of detection equipment for emergency investigation, the relevant departments also put forward higher requirements for sewage discharge, gas sampling system and automatic control system. In the next 2-3 years, as the country continues to increase investment, the market for environmental monitoring instruments will maintain a growth rate of more than 20%. It is estimated that by 2013, the entire environmental monitoring instrumentation market will exceed 20 billion yuan.