China’s water fleet prepares to set sail

Chinese water companies are taking their first steps overseas. Kathy Liu assesses the challenges and opportunities.

Following their compatriots in the construction and power sectors, Chinese water companies are increasingly starting to look abroad to seize international business opportunities.

The drivers vary from firm to firm. Wen Yibo, chairman of Sound Global, which secured a pioneering EPC contract in 2009 to build a 144,000m3/d WTP in Saudi Arabia, explained to GWI that his company ...

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