Inspection and testing refers to the use of standards, technical specifications and professional technical methods to inspect and identify the items that need to be identified, and make judgments according to relevant standards and technical specifications. The technical requirements of inspection and testing are high, involving the integration of chemistry, physics, materials, electronics, biology, food science and other disciplines.
Third-party inspection and testing institutions rose in Europe and America in the19th century. Under the constraints of government supervision and industry self-discipline, it has maintained a relatively fast development speed, and its openness, fairness and justice have been increasingly affirmed by all sectors of society. At present, the global third-party inspection and testing market is still dominated by European and American inspection and testing institutions, some of which have become multinational groups after years of development, such as SGS, BV and Intertek. In recent years, the third-party inspection and testing market in China, Indian and other emerging economies has shown a rapid growth trend, and domestic comprehensive inspection and testing institutions have also made considerable progress.
According to the data of CNCA, the operating income of inspection and testing institutions in China has increased year by year. In 20 19, the operating income of inspection and testing institutions in China was 322.509 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 14.8%.
Inspection and testing industry involves all aspects of product production, circulation and consumption, and market demand is related to macroeconomic development. However, due to the numerous industries involved and the particularity of quality control and safety guarantee, the overall market demand for inspection and testing has certain stability. In 20 19, the number of inspection reports issued by testing institutions in China was 527 million, up by 23.438+0% year-on-year.
In the future, China's inspection and testing institutions will present the following development trends:
1, the market demand continues to grow.
Inspection and testing activities are effective measures to strengthen quality management and improve market efficiency under market economy conditions, and provide strong support for high-quality economic development. With the deepening of economic development, people from all walks of life pay more attention to food safety, ecological environment protection, quality and safety, and so on. Governments of various countries have also strengthened legislative protection in product safety and environmental protection, and formulated multi-level laws, regulations and standard systems. In economic activities, the production and circulation of various products have a rising demand for inspection and testing, and the growing inspection and testing market provides a broad space for the development of inspection and testing institutions.
In addition, the integration of state-owned inspection and testing institutions and the opening of inspection and testing market have created a good environment for the development of third-party inspection and testing institutions. In recent years, in order to strengthen the decisive role of the market in resource allocation and deepen the market-oriented reform of the inspection and testing industry, the State Council, the former General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine and other relevant departments have issued a series of policies to promote the integration and transformation of various state-owned inspection and testing institutions into third-party inspection and testing institutions, support social forces to carry out inspection and testing business, encourage inspection and testing institutions of different ownership to participate in market competition on an equal footing, and build a number of well-known inspection and testing brands. The integration and opening of the inspection and testing market will provide greater market space for the development of third-party inspection and testing institutions.
2. Industry concentration will gradually increase.
At present, there are a large number of inspection and testing institutions in China, and the market is scattered. With the increasing importance of inspection and testing activities in social production and life, the standardization and access threshold of the industry as a whole are also constantly improving. The original inspection and testing market is scattered, which intensifies market competition and compresses industry profit space. However, the development mode of small and medium-sized inspection and testing institutions is relatively extensive, and the rising cost of supervision has brought great pressure on their production and operation. After years of development, large-scale comprehensive inspection and testing institutions have a high degree of standardization, strong social credibility, strong technical ability and scale advantages, and overall profitability is stronger than that of small and medium-sized inspection and testing institutions. Large-scale inspection and testing institutions have strong social credibility and inspection and testing service capabilities, can provide professional and personalized inspection and testing services for customers, and will also participate more in large-scale inspection and testing activities such as supervision and sampling by government departments. While improving profitability, they will further enhance their credibility and technical capabilities, forming a virtuous circle. Therefore, large-scale comprehensive inspection and testing institutions will gain greater market share, and the overall concentration of inspection and testing industry will continue to rise.
3. The demand for inspection and testing tends to be diversified.
Participants in social production and management mainly include government supervision departments, manufacturers and traders. In the past, most of the market inspection requirements were government supervision and inspection to meet the needs of government supervision. However, with the rapid increase of product categories, the enhancement of consumers' awareness of rights protection and the increasingly fierce market competition environment, the demand for market inspection and testing is diversified, and large-scale comprehensive inspection and testing institutions will rely on their own resources and ability advantages to occupy a favorable position in the future market competition.
4. Informatization will gradually improve the operating efficiency of inspection and testing institutions.
Inspection and testing activities involve many methods and standards and quality control links, which require more human resources input. At present, the labor cost of inspection and testing industry in China is relatively high. The continuous development of information technology provides a great space for improving the efficiency of inspection and testing. Through the refined and standardized management of inspection requirements and methods, the corresponding information system can be established to connect all aspects of inspection activities, which can greatly improve the automation level of inspection data collection, transmission and report compilation, and improve the accuracy of inspection while reducing costs. The continuous improvement of informatization also enables inspection and testing institutions to make full use of big data technology to analyze customer needs and provide personalized services for customers' differentiated needs, thus improving their operational efficiency and profitability.
-For more data, please refer to Foresight Industry Research Institute's Development Prospect and Investment Forecast Analysis Report of China Quality Inspection and Testing Industry.