Guangdong Nanfang Environmental Protection Bio-technology Co., Ltd. was founded in 1987 by a group of senior scientists from the Guangdong Academy of Sciences,it's a company in which the Guangdong Academy of Sciences holds a controlling stake. It is a national-level high-tech enterprise that integrates environmental technology R&D, engineering design, equipment manufacturing, project construction, operation and maintenance management, and comprehensive services. The company operates two modern production and R&D bases in Zhaoqing, Guangdong, and Anqing, Anhui. In 2021, the company was recognised as the first national-level ‘Specialised, Refined, Distinctive and Innovative’ (‘Little Giant’) enterprise in the environmental protection sector, and successfully passed the re-evaluation in 2024. It currently serves as the Executive Vice-Chair of the Guangdong Environmental Protection Industry Association, Vice-Chair of the National Engineering Laboratory for Volatile Organic Pollutant Control Technology and Equipment, and a core member of the Guangdong Industrial Technology Innovation Alliance for Volatile Organic Compound Pollution Control. The company has established the Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Centre for Industrial Organic Waste Gas and Odour Control, a provincial-level engineering technology research platform.

       The company’s business focuses on odour and VOCs control, turnkey environmental equipment supply and engineering contracting, as well as environmental services and investment. Drawing on its proprietary core technologies and in-house developed products, it has established a comprehensive, end-to-end, one-stop environmental service system.

        In the field of odour and VOCs control, the company is a pioneer in the domestic biological odour control sector. It holds China’s first invention patent for biological odour removal and microbial agents, and is a key contributor to the Guangdong Provincial Local Standard ‘Technical Standards for Ventilation and Odour Treatment in Urban Underground Sewage Treatment Facilities’ and the Group Standard ‘Technical Requirements for Biological Exhaust Gas Purification Devices’. Drawing on long-term R&D experience and extensive engineering practice, the company has developed complete sets of equipment for odour and VOCs control utilising multiple process routes—including biological, chemical and physical methods—which are widely applied in sectors such as municipal services, environmental sanitation, petrochemicals, papermaking, printing and dyeing, food processing and pharmaceuticals. Since the completion of its first project in 2003, the company has delivered over 1,500 sets of odour and VOCs control equipment, with a total gas treatment capacity exceeding 35 million m³/h. Projects span the entire country and have been exported to countries along the ‘Belt and Road’ route, with a proven track record in underground sewage treatment works, environmental sanitation facilities and large-scale industrial odour control.

        In the field of turnkey environmental equipment supply and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC), the company leverages its core technological strengths to provide services—including the supply of complete sets of environmental protection equipment, EPC contracts, system integration and facility retrofitting—to clients such as sewage treatment works, sludge disposal centres and waste treatment facilities. It has implemented nearly twenty large-scale turnkey environmental protection and EPC projects to date, supported by a dedicated team of technical experts and possessing mature project management capabilities.

        In the field of environmental services and investment, the company has independently developed the IEEMS smart management system, which enables the provision of bespoke smart operational solutions for clients. By facilitating the smart upgrade of facilities across dimensions such as energy management and equipment health monitoring, the system helps clients reduce energy consumption, optimise operation and maintenance processes, enhance operational efficiency and cut O&M costs.

        The Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, serves as a solid technical backbone for the company’s environmental microbiology research. With over fifty years of scientific research experience, it is one of the three leading microbiology research institutes in China. It houses several national and provincial-level innovation platforms, including the State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology in South China and the Guangdong Provincial Microbial Culture Collection Centre (a national patent strain repository). The company engages in in-depth collaboration with the institute in areas such as research and development projects, the commercialisation of scientific achievements, and the mutual appointment of talent. It has also participated in the investment and construction of the ‘Industrial Biotechnology Transfer Centre of the Guangzhou Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Guangdong Academy of Sciences’ within the Zhaoqing National High-Tech Zone, jointly promoting scientific and technological innovation in the field of environmental protection.

         The company is committed to the deep integration of industry, academia and research, having established an integrated innovation system comprising ‘laboratories + engineering centres + industrial transformation’. It has jointly established the National Engineering Laboratory for Volatile Organic Compound Pollution Control Technologies and Equipment with South China University of Technology. By bringing together a team of high-calibre professionals—including members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, recipients of the National ‘Ten Thousand Talents Programme’, National Excellent Young Scientists, PhD supervisors, senior researchers and senior engineers—the company continues to focus on the research and development of environmental pollution control technologies and product iteration, thereby contributing to the high-quality development of the industry.

        Innovation is the cornerstone of the company. It has successively won over twenty national, provincial and ministerial-level science and technology awards, including the First Prize for National Environmental Protection Science and Technology and the First Prize for Guangdong Provincial Environmental Protection Science and Technology; undertaken projects such as the National 863 Programme, the Ministry of Science and Technology’s Technology Innovation Fund for Science and Technology-based SMEs, the Guangdong-Hong Kong Key Area Breakthrough Project, provincial and ministerial industry-academia-research collaboration projects, as well as more than twenty science and technology research projects at provincial, municipal and district levels; and holds over twenty invention and utility model patents, multiple high-tech products and more than thirty qualification certifications.

        Notably, in 2024, the company’s “High-Efficiency Biological Purification Equipment for Sulphur- and Nitrogen-Containing Malodorous Exhaust Gas” was included in the “Guangdong Provincial Guidance Catalogue for the Promotion and Application of First-of-its-Kind Major Technical Equipment”, whilst the “Research and Application of Key Technologies and Equipment for Odour Pollutant Control in Underground Water Treatment Plants” received the “First Prize for Environmental Protection Equipment Technology Innovation”; In 2022, the “Technology for the Enhanced Treatment of Toxic Organic Compounds through Multi-dimensional Activation of Microbial Cells” was awarded the “First Prize for Scientific and Technological Invention in Guangdong Province”, whilst “Key Technologies and Engineering Applications for the Biological Purification of Complex VOC-Containing Exhaust Gases” received the “Second Prize for Environmental Protection Science and Technology”, and “Synergistic Biological Treatment for Pollution and Carbon Reduction in Odorous Gases from Textile Printing and Dyeing Wastewater” was recognised as a “Guangdong Environmental Protection Industry Project for Synergistic Pollution and Carbon Reduction”; “Biologically Enhanced Treatment Technology and Application for Low-Concentration, Multi-Component VOCs Exhaust Gas” was awarded the “First Prize in the 2021 Guangdong Provincial Environmental Protection Science and Technology Awards”; in 2020, the industry standard *Technical Requirements for Biological Exhaust Gas Purification Equipment* and the Guangdong Provincial Local Standard *Technical Standards for Ventilation and Odour Treatment in Urban Underground Sewage Treatment Facilities*, both of which the company co-drafted, were officially published; “Key Functional Materials for the Biological Treatment of Low-Concentration VOCs in Exhaust Gas and Their Applications” was awarded the “2019 National Special Prize for Commercial Scientific and Technological Progress”; “Biological Treatment Technology for Malodorous Gases in the Chemical Industry” was included in the “2018 Catalogue of Key Practical Environmental Protection Technologies and Demonstration Projects”; “Key Technologies and Applications for Multi-Interface Microbial-Enhanced Treatment of Composite Water Pollution” was awarded the “2018 Guangdong Provincial First Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress”.

        Guided by its mission to “sincerely improve the living environment”, the company upholds the core values of “sincerity, proactivity, collaboration, innovation and dedication”. Adhering to the business philosophy of “professionalism, quality, sincerity and efficiency”, it is committed to becoming a leader in odour and VOCs control, as well as a specialised environmental service provider and investor.