2023 is a year of obvious changes in the engineering qualification policy, and it has guided a relatively clear direction for the future reform of engineering qualifications. First, the classification of engineering qualifications: from the original construction qualifications of the first, second, and third levels, to the first and second grades, and the design qualifications of grade A, B, C, and D have become grade A and B. Second, the recovery of approval authority: Since 2021, the approval authority for the first level of construction general contractor and design grade A qualification has been successively delegated to 15 pilot provinces and regions, but from September 2023, the relevant approval authority has been recycled to the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. This will unify the examination and approval conditions across the country and put an end to the situation of different examination and approval conditions and examination difficulties caused by decentralization. Third, the requirements for the level of the project in the four libraries: now to declare the enterprise qualification approved by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the enterprise performance project level needs to be displayed in the four libraries and one platform to show grade A, and the personnel performance project level needs to be displayed in the four libraries and one platform to show grade B or above.
Therefore, it is foreseeable that the difficulty of applying for enterprise qualification in 2024 will be greater than that in 2023. However, in 2023, a new batch of construction general contracting special qualification construction enterprises will be added.
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In 2023, 77 special qualifications will be approved
According to the statistics of infrastructure big data, in 2023, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development will release a total of 13 batches of construction engineering enterprise qualification approval lists, of which 77 construction enterprises will each receive 1 special qualification for general contracting of engineering construction. The specific list is as follows:
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The eight major construction central enterprises added 27 super-grade subsidiaries
Among the above-mentioned enterprises that will be approved for construction general contracting in 2023, there are 27 units affiliated to subsidiaries of central enterprises, 31 private enterprises, and 19 state-owned enterprises.
The central enterprises are mainly concentrated in the eight major construction central enterprises, including China Aneng Construction——
- China Communications Construction: There are 8 new super-grade subsidiaries, and the qualification types are mainly high-grade engineering, port and roadway engineering, and construction engineering construction general contracting special-grade;
- China Railway Construction: 4 new highway engineering special grade and 1 construction engineering special grade qualification, and 5 subsidiaries were promoted to one special and one first-class construction enterprise;
- China Metallurgical Corporation: 4 subsidiaries each approved 1 special qualification, mainly metallurgical and highway engineering special grade;
- China Railway: Approved 3 special qualifications, of which 2 are special qualifications for general contracting of construction projects, and the remaining 1 is special qualification for general contracting of highway projects;
- China Chemical Corporation: 2 subsidiaries 16th Chemical Construction and Sinochem 4th Construction each received 1 special qualification for petrochemical engineering;
- China State Construction, China Energy Construction and China Aneng Construction: 1 new super-grade subsidiary was added each, and the qualification categories were construction engineering special-grade, water conservancy and hydropower engineering special-grade and power engineering special-grade.
In addition, a subsidiary of China Coal Energy, a state-owned enterprise, has also approved a special qualification for general contracting of mine engineering construction.
It is worth noting that, in addition to the one special qualification obtained by CCCC No. 1 Public Bureau, which is subordinate to CCCG, which is the company's second special qualification, the new special qualifications of other subsidiaries of central enterprises are the first special qualifications of each unit, which is of great significance, opens up the company's business market and enhances the core competitiveness of the company.
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In line with the market, 42 new construction engineering special qualifications have been added
The 77 new construction general contracting special qualifications are divided into 9 categories according to the project category: construction, highways, ports and waterways, metallurgy, water conservancy and hydropower, municipal, petrochemical, electric power, and mining, and the number of new special qualifications in each category is as follows:
As can be seen from the chart above, in 2023, the number of special qualifications approved in the construction engineering category is the largest, accounting for 54% of the total number of new special qualifications, while the highway engineering industry also has 20 companies, accounting for about 26% of the total. These two industries occupy the majority of the share, which also shows that in the market, the construction demand of these two industries is still relatively large.
The urban development of mainland China has entered an important period of urban renewal, shifting from extension expansion to connotative development, and from large-scale incremental construction to equal emphasis on stock quality improvement and incremental structural adjustment.
On the one hand, the urban renewal market has huge potential. In July 2023, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development issued the Notice on Promoting Urban Renewal in a Solid and Orderly Manner, proposing five specific tasks, including adhering to the priority of urban physical examination and giving full play to the overall role of urban renewal planning. The discovery, excavation, promotion and innovation of the value of existing urban resources are mainly realized through the renovation of existing buildings, the construction of complete communities, the creation of dynamic blocks, and the renewal and transformation of infrastructure, which is gradually becoming a new blue ocean for the construction industry to develop business in accordance with the urban development stage.
On the other hand, the construction of the "three major projects" has accelerated the layout. The Politburo meeting held in April 2023 proposed to plan and build affordable housing, and actively and steadily promote the transformation of urban villages and the construction of public infrastructure for both ordinary and emergency purposes in megacities. The executive meeting of the State Council deliberated and adopted the "Guiding Opinions on the Planning and Construction of Affordable Housing", and held a video and telephone conference on the deployment of planning and construction of affordable housing. This is a major strategic deployment made by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council according to the new situation of the mainland real estate market, which can bring new opportunities for the transformation and upgrading of the construction industry and high-quality development by improving people's livelihood, stimulating investment, and expanding domestic demand.
The special qualification of construction general contracting is the highest level of qualification approved by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of mainland construction enterprises, which is not only a concentrated embodiment of the comprehensive strength of the enterprise, but also a "pass" for the enterprise to enter the high-end market. The special qualification for general contracting of construction projects is the highest qualification level in the field of construction engineering construction in China, and it is also an important symbol to measure the overall strength of construction enterprises.
Congratulations to the construction enterprises that have successfully approved the special qualification and Grade A qualification in 2023
This article is excerpted from
AI and Intelligent Manufacturing in Infrastructure-[2023 Construction Industry White Paper]
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