Ministry of Water Resources: Promoting water conservancy infrastructure, Real Estate Investment Trust Fund, Guizhou Hunan existing project declaration

Qiao Jianhua, deputy director of the Ministry of Water Resources Planning and Planning (Picture Source: Ministry of Water Resources)

Cover news reporter Teng Yan

A few days ago, at the press conference of the Ministry of Water Resources, Qiao Jianhua, deputy director of the Planning and Planning Department, revealed that it will plan the water conservancy infrastructure REITs (infrastructure real property investment such as large assets, strong public welfare, and long construction cycle of water conservancy infrastructure. Trust Fund) Promotion.

The General Office of the State Council's "Opinions on Further Valid Investment on the Expansion of Stock assets" lists water conservancy as a key area for revitalizing stock assets, and REITS is an important way to revitalize stock assets. Reist pilot work, and incorporates "water conservancy facilities with water supply and power generation functions" into the pilot range.

"As a national economic infrastructure, the long -term large -scale construction has formed a huge water conservancy asset." Qiao Jianhua said, for example, nearly 100,000 reservoirs have been built, and the total library is more than 930 billion cubic meters. "These water conservancy assets are generally public welfare, but there are many projects that have certain operating income. They can effectively revitalize through REITs, expand the effective investment of water conservancy, expand the channels for social capital investment, form a virtuous circle of stock assets and new investment. This stimulates the vitality of water conservancy development. "

Qiao Jianhua said that the Ministry of Water Conservancy issued the "Guiding Opinions on Promoting the Pilot Fund of Water Conservancy Infrastructure Investment Trust Fund (REITs)", which will focus on implementing the next step. The first is to grasp policy requirements. Since the launch of the REITS pilot work, the China Securities Regulatory Commission and the National Development and Reform Commission have issued a series of policies to study in -depth policies. At the same time The scale of infrastructure assets, strong public welfare, and long construction cycle, etc., planned the way of promoting.

The second is to sort out stock assets. Organize the water conservancy departments of various places in accordance with the application requirements, combing the assets of water conservancy infrastructure, and propose to propose pilot intent projects in accordance with the current status, scale, income level, and related enterprises' wishes of the assets, strengthen the follow -up guidance of intended projects, and promote preliminary demonstration.

The third is to promote pilot work. Establish a pilot project ledger, and to guide the relevant conditions for projects with certain conditions, under the premise of ensuring the public welfare role of water conservancy infrastructure, carry out asset screening, peeling and integration, etc., organize project application materials, and coordinate securities trading institutions at the same time Carry out special counseling to promote difficulties encountered in the project application. At present, there are projects in Guizhou, Hunan and other provinces. The next step will be strengthened to promote the issuance and listing as soon as possible.

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