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Risk Assessment on the Water BOT Business Participation in China : Domestic EPC Contractor's View

해외기업의 중국 수처리 BOT시장 참여 저해 위험요인 분석 : 국내 EPC 건설기업의 관점

  • 최재호 (동아대학교 토목공학부) ;
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  • 이승호 (고려대학교 국제대학원 국제개발학)
  • Received : 2008.06.09
  • Accepted : 2008.08.04
  • Published : 2008.09.30

Abstract

China water market has huge potential for increased use of BOT mode and one of the most attractive markets of doing business. However, the current China water BOT market shows that many foreign companies are retreating from the market while Chinese water companies fast growing. From the view no domestic companies have track records in China BOT water market, the research identified twenty market access barriers in terms of construction laws, regulations, BOT-related policy and the recent market situation. These are evaluated based on interview results with 10 professionals direct or indirect having a China water BOT experience. All the factors are found to be highly influential to foreign company's decision on the market participation. Among those, no fixed return policy and low water price, difficulty in water price adjustment and approval, and no government guarantees, all directly related to the project viability and under the control of government, were the most critical factors, implying government's role is the key in increasing the market competition by attracting more foreign participation on the market. In addition, new construction law regulating foreign EPC contractor's construction work, namely Decree 113, and requirement of applying competitive bidding in selecting EPC contractor in a BOT project are also considered signigicant barriers on foreign participation, which contradicts international norm and therefore necessitates an adjustment on current decision process in domestic companies.

중국 수처리 시장의 지속적 성장세 가운데 국내 환경기업은 BOT 방식을 통한 환경산업의 중국진출이라는 측면에 많은 관심을 가지고 있다. 그러나 중국 시장은 2000년 이후 중국기업들의 급성장과 동시에 많은 해외기업이 후퇴한 결과 소수 해외기업의 시장 독점화 현상을 보이고 있다. 본 연구는 이러한 해외기업의 시장탈피 현상과 관련하여 해외기업의 중국 수처리 BOT시장 참여의사결정에 부정적 결과를 초래하는 주요 시장참여 위험요인을 도출하고 국내건설기업의 관점에서 개별 요인이 의사결정에 미치는 영향력을 분석하였다. 분석결과 고정수익 금지조항 발효 및 낮은 물 사용료와 같은 수익 불확실성과 관련된 요인들의 영향력이 가장 높은 것으로 조사되었고, BOT사업에서 EPC업체 선정시 경쟁입찰의 의무화와 건설법인의 설립 의무화 등도 주요 영향변수로 조사되었다. 후자가 문제시 되는 원인은 현지의 대표적 다국적 전문 수처리 기업은 BOT사업 모델을 투자를 수반한 운영사업으로 인식하는 반면에 국내기업은 대다수 시장후퇴 기업들과 마찬가지로 해외 BOT 진출시 EPC사업 수주를 통한 조기 투자회수를 목표로 하고 있다는 점에 기인하는 것으로 조사되었다. 중국 정부는 본 연구결과물을 근거로 중국내 중장기 수처리시설 수요목표를 달성하기 위한 시장경쟁률 향상 메커니즘에 대한 이해를 높일 수 있으며 국내기업은 중국내 수처리 BOT시장 진입시 주요 의사결정 판단기준과 사업 참여의사결정 시스템 개정 방안으로 활용할 수 있다.

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