Volatile organic compounds, namely VOCs, belong to the "Mesozoic era" of atmospheric pollutants. Compared with sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide and other decades of governance history of the "old qualification", VOCs was focused on but ten years of time, in 2010 at the national level to start the formulation of relevant standards. Compared to has not been included in the management, and even the types of new pollutants are not very clear, VOCs monitoring and treatment technology is mature, has formed a complete industrial chain, plus more than 10 million tons of emissions per year, so that VOCs governance has a huge market potential. It is widely believed that China's VOCs governance industry is in the stage of rapid development, increasing concentration, the market will greatly expand.

VOCs: From minor role to big star
From the experience of developed countries, air pollution treatment is basically according to the order of flue gas dust removal - flue gas desulfurization - flue gas denitration -VOCs, VOCs governance market comes late but the momentum is enough, the development cycle is longer.
As mentioned above, in 2010, VOCs for the first time became the national level of key pollutants, VOCs governance market officially started; Dry work should be divided into priority and step by step gradually, so the "Atmosphere ten" in 2013 to further clarify the petrochemical, organic chemical, surface coating, packaging and printing and other key industries need to carry out VOCs control; In 2015, the newly revised "Air Pollution Prevention and Control Law" will VOCs into the scope of legal supervision for the first time, gave VOCs governance solid legal support; During the "13th five-year" period, VOCs pollution prevention and control began to become a hot spot in the field of environmental protection, the National Development and Reform Commission and other ministries and commissions specially issued "13th Five-Year" volatile organic pollution prevention and control work plan "proposed to 2020 key industry areas VOCs emissions down more than 10% of the target; In 2021, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and The State Council issued guidelines on Deepening the Battle against Pollution, stressing the importance of coordinated emission reductions of volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides. All over the "fourteenth Five" ecological environmental protection planning to VOCs governance in an important position, further increase governance efforts.
In a short span of more than ten years, VOCs gradually from the supporting role in the field of air pollution control grow into the leading role, into the "fourteen five", its heat is high, so that VOCs governance has become the air pollution control of this large red Sea in a bright blue, thus attracting the attention of the environmental protection industry.

Market: rapid growth, a hundred schools of thought contend
With the steady progress of ultra-low emission transformation in thermal power, steel and other industries, the growth rate of desulfurization, denitration and dust removal market has slowed down significantly in recent years and entered a period of structural adjustment. According to the report on the Development of China's Environmental Protection Industry (2021) jointly compiled by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and China Environmental Protection Industry Association, the annual revenue growth rate of enterprises in the field of atmospheric prevention and control was only 2.3% in 2020, far lower than the industry average of 7.3%, and a significant gap with water and solid waste sectors. According to the Statistics of 1,607 environmental protection enterprises in Guangdong Province (2021), the number of enterprises in the field of air pollution prevention and control accounts for 17.4%, but only 5% of the revenue and 4.1% of the profit. Guangdong's environmental revenue ranks first in China, and its statistics can to some extent reflect the national situation.
Is the so-called east not bright west bright, air pollution control market as a whole shows weakness at the same time, VOCs governance market is developing at a high speed, become the leader in driving growth. In 2020, the country engaged in VOCs governance related enterprises reached more than 2000, adsorption, incineration, catalytic combustion and other mainstream technologies are involved. Research reports point out that from 2021 to 2025, the total size of the VOCs governance market is expected to reach 650 billion to 750 billion yuan, more than all other air pollution control segments. Guangdong Environmental Protection Industry Association also pointed out in its report that "non-electric industry smoke control and key areas of VOCs to become a required course in air pollution control".

Future: intelligent environmental protection and comprehensive prevention and control
Wild growth has created a prosperous market, but its disadvantages are also obvious.
From the enterprise level, VOCs governance industry enterprise scale is generally small, low concentration, scattered, vulnerable to the epidemic and economic fluctuations; From the technical point of view, adsorption, incineration, catalysis, condensation, biological treatment and other related technologies have been continuously developed and improved, there has been considerable progress, but there are still many enterprises using photocatalysis, photooxidation and other low-efficiency technologies, the treatment effect is not ideal; From the policy level, VOCs regulatory system is still to be improved, the relevant responsibility division is not clear enough, the problem of unorganized emissions is prominent, the source control strength is insufficient.
The next few years will be a critical period for VOCs governance industry towards high-quality development, there are several trends worth noting.
First, smart and environmental protection. Today, with the rapid development of big data, cloud computing and Internet technologies, various industries have jumped on the "smart" train and opened up new development ideas. Environmental protection is no exception. At present, the size of China's smart environmental protection market is about 70 billion yuan, with great room for growth. VOCs contamination source widely, variety, regulation is difficult, very suitable for use environmental protection ideas for improvement of the level of management of wisdom: using a variety of monitoring technology for data, satellite, Internet and other communication channels to realize rapid and accurate data transmission, finally using a computer model, scientific measures, achieve precise management, efficient management of VOCs.
Second, comprehensive prevention and control of air pollution, to achieve the coordinated management of VOCs and other air pollutants. Comprehensive prevention and control of air pollution means that, within a given region, the air environment is considered as a whole, the energy structure, industrial development, urban construction and layout are planned in a unified way, and various pollution prevention and control technologies are used to improve air quality. Comprehensive prevention and control of air pollution has changed the past "stopgap treatment" mentality, to the greatest extent to avoid the situation of floating gourd gourd.
Since 2017, China has launched a comprehensive campaign to control air pollution in key areas in autumn and winter for five consecutive years. The beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and the Fenhe-Weihe Plain, where air pollution is severe, have both seen a decrease in the concentration of fine particulate matter and the number of days with heavy pollution, significantly improving air quality.
Domestic existing part of the environmental protection enterprise in the field of the root layout, with pioneering atmosphere of jiujiang city as an example of the project: through constructing air quality monitoring network, built the atmosphere environmental wisdom management platform, relying on the "test - tube -" integration services for the prevention and control of atmospheric pollution, realized the "civil air defense + busy + data" full coverage. In 2021, the proportion of good days in Jiujiang city increased for three years in a row, and the number of days with heavy pollution was eliminated for the first time. Accurate and efficient intelligent environmental protection and professional comprehensive air pollution prevention and control services contributed greatly. At present, Capital Atmosphere is building an intelligent environmental protection platform covering water, gas, soil, solid, ecology, carbon and other elements in Jiujiang city, which will make greater value contribution to the overall work of ecological environment protection in Jiujiang City.