The Next Step (Veteran Recruitment)

What The Next Step (Veteran Recruitment) does

来利国际旗舰厅科技股份有限公司 (Huayi Ecological Garden) is a Hefei-headquartered landscape architecture and ecological services company founded in 1997 and listed on China's New Third Board in 2014. The company operates across five product lines — Wisdom Garden (智慧园林), Smart Maintenance (智慧管养), Environmental Governance (环境治理), Ecological Restoration (生态复绿), and New Garden Materials (园林新材料) — supported by a Technology Center with 50+ R&D personnel and a Planning and Design Institute. Its technical stack integrates IoT, GIS, cloud computing, VR/AR, 5G, big data, drones, and AI for applications including AI-powered drone forestry inspection, autonomous seedling delivery to steep terrain, precision smart irrigation, robotic lawn mowers, computer-vision park monitoring, and closed-loop biomass waste processing. The company holds 18 invention patents and 171 utility model patents/software copyrights and has led or participated in multiple industry and local standards.

The company generates revenue through three streams: (1) one-time engineering and construction contracts for landscape, ecological restoration, and smart park projects, typically awarded through government public tendering; (2) recurring managed services for urban green space sanitation integration (绿地环卫一体化), including ongoing contracts with municipal urban management bureaus; and (3) professional design and planning services for residential, commercial, tourism, and public space projects. Primary customers are municipal, provincial, and district-level governments across Anhui, Jiangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Chongqing, and Sichuan, with named project references including the Maanshan Yangtze River Basin land greening demonstration, Hefei Luogang Central Park, the Hefei Garden Expo Park, and the Yueqing Dongyun River Smart Park.

The go-to-market model is enterprise B2G field sales, with revenue secured through government procurement, public tendering, and direct enterprise engagement. The company has established a joint operating entity with Hefei Gaoxin Public Affairs Service Co., Ltd. and a partnership with Jiechen Environmental Technology (Shenzhen) for Hefei High-Tech Zone urban management, creating quasi-partnership distribution channels for ongoing municipal work. The 2026 strategic direction emphasizes low-altitude economy applications (drone-based forestry and seedling services), green low-carbon development aligned with national dual-carbon goals, and continued expansion of the smart ecological integrated service model following the 2024 corporate renaming.

Name

The Next Step (Veteran Recruitment)

Legal name

来利国际旗舰厅科技股份有限公司

Website

https://vetsnextstep.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Huayi Ecological Garden (来利国际旗舰厅科技股份有限公司) is a Hefei-based landscape architecture and ecological services firm founded in 1997 that integrates AI, IoT, drones, and 5G into smart park, ecological restoration, and urban sanitation-greening projects, serving primarily municipal and provincial government clients across multiple Chinese provinces.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Landscape Architecture & Ecological Services

NAICS

Landscaping Services (561730), Landscape Architectural Services (54132), Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (221310)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700), Sanitary Services (4950), Farm Machinery & Equipment (3523)

akta.pro primary industry

Smart Cities & Urban Innovation Programs (Digital Planning, Civic Tech for Cities) (BPAIANAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Controller/Timer & Smart Irrigation Setup (Wi‑Fi, Sensors) (HSAIAEAD), Waste Management & Smart Sanitation (Facilities) (HSAPAPAM), Residential Landscaping & Lawn Care (BPABADAB), Decision Support & Agronomic Modeling (Yield, Irrigation, Pest/Disease Forecasting) (AFAAAFAF)

Keywords

• Landscape architecture services
• Ecological restoration solutions
• Smart park management
• Environmental governance services
• Urban greening systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Hefei

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Engineering and Construction Projects: Large-scale landscape architecture, ecological restoration, environmental governance, and smart park construction projects for government and enterprise clients. Projects are typically one-time contracts secured through public tendering, ranging from municipal parks and road landscaping to ecological restoration of mines, deserts, and river systems. Revenue recognition is project-based over construction periods.
2. Smart Green Space and Sanitation Integrated Management Services: Ongoing urban green space management, sanitation, and intelligent maintenance services for urban management authorities. Includes绿地环卫一体化 (green space sanitation integration) services covering urban cleaning, landscaping, and intelligent management. Revenue recognized through recurring service contracts.
3. Design and Planning Services: Landscape planning and design services for tourism, residential, commercial, and public space projects. Provided through the company's design institute, covering master planning, detailed design, and creative design. One-time design fees or integrated in project contracts.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The company delivers integrated landscape architecture, ecological restoration, and intelligent green space management services for government and enterprise clients across China. Its five core offerings are Wisdom Garden (智慧园林) smart landscape construction, Smart Maintenance (智慧管养) intelligent green space and sanitation operations, Environmental Governance (环境治理) water and solid waste management, Ecological Restoration (生态复绿) of degraded landscapes, and New Garden Materials (园林新材料) including self-developed patented products, all leveraging proprietary IoT, AI, drone, AR/VR, 5G, and big data platforms.

Product overview

The company operates a unified smart ecology platform combining intelligent landscape architecture, digital ecosystem management, and environmental governance. The core product portfolio spans five main categories: (1) 智慧园林 (Wisdom Garden) — the foundational smart landscape architecture platform; (2) 智慧管养 (Smart Maintenance) — intelligent green space management covering the smart management platform, smart irrigation, intelligent equipment, seedling archives, and monitoring; (3) 环境治理 (Environmental Governance) — urban and regional environmental management; (4) 生态复绿 (Ecological Restoration) — ecosystem repair and drone-enabled forest management; and (5) 园林新材料 (New Garden Materials) — self-developed floating islands, precision irrigation products, and smart equipment. These are supported by two key enabler divisions: the 科技中心 (Technology Center) for R&D, and the 规划设计院 (Planning and Design Institute) for design services. Key feature-level solutions include the smart management platform (智慧管养系统), the smart park solution (智慧公园), the smart children's playground (智慧儿童场地), and the green sanitation integration service (绿地环卫一体化). Featured showcase projects include the Luogang Central Park — Jinxiu Lake Park (黄山杯 winner), the Hefei Garden Expo Park complex, and the Yueqing Dongyun River Smart Park. The platform integrates IoT, GIS, cloud computing, VR/AR, and 5G technologies to enable intelligent management across the full lifecycle of urban ecological spaces.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• 智慧园林: 智慧公园和智能园林管理解决方案，包括智慧展厅、互动体验、园区监管、智慧景观等模块。
• 智慧管养
• 环境治理
• 生态复绿
• 园林新材料
• 华谊生态园林

Products and services

• Wisdom Garden (智慧园林) Core intelligent landscape architecture platform integrating IoT, GIS, cloud computing, VR/AR, and 5G technologies to deliver comprehensive smart park, smart exhibition hall, interactive AR experience, intelligent fountain, smart running track, and real-time park monitoring solutions for government and enterprise clients managing urban green spaces.
• Smart Maintenance (智慧管养) Intelligent green space and sanitation maintenance service featuring visual management dashboards, smart irrigation systems, intelligent equipment automation (unmanned sprayers, robotic lawn mowers, smart cleaning vehicles), seedling QR code archives, and security monitoring for parks and urban landscapes under ongoing managed services contracts.
• Environmental Governance (环境治理) Comprehensive environmental management service covering water environment treatment, solid waste closed-loop management (waste reduction, resource recovery, harmless treatment), and ecosystem restoration for urban and regional environments, leveraging biomass-to-substrate circular economy processes.
• Ecological Restoration (生态复绿) Ecological restoration service for mining sites, alkaline land, deserts, barren mountains, landfills, reforestation areas, and roadside/riverside environments, including AI-powered drone forestry monitoring, precision seedling delivery via drones, and ecosystem surveillance in mountainous reforestation zones.
• New Garden Materials (园林新材料) Self-developed patented landscape material product line including water floating island planters (4 patents), precision drip irrigation conservation bags with integrated flow controllers (10 patents), and spray-paint integrated tree painting devices (4 patents), supplied as part of landscape construction and restoration projects and supported by plant breeding R&D.
• Green Space Sanitation Integration (绿地环卫一体化) Integrated citywide green space management and sanitation service combining ecological牵引 (traction), innovation赋能 (empowerment), and digital驱动 (driving) through a three-intelligent service system for municipal urban environmental operations, typically delivered through joint ventures with government-affiliated service companies.
• Planning and Design Services (规划设计院) Professional landscape architecture and tourism planning service offering ecological, cultural, artistic, and intelligent design services including public space planning, ecological restoration design, landscape tourism planning, and private space design delivered through the company's dedicated Planning and Design Institute.

Quantifiable outcome

• Awarded 2025年度安徽省建设工程“黄山杯”奖 (省优质工程) for Hefei Luogang Park (园博园四标-1标段 and 锦绣湖公园工程施工-2标段)
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability9 records

Feature13 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• 洁臣环境科技（深圳）有限公司 (Jiechen Environmental Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint operating entity with 洁臣环境科技 (Jiechen Environmental Technology) for Hefei High-Tech Zone urban management operations. The joint venture combines 来利国际's landscape and greening expertise with Jiechen's environmental technology capabilities to deliver integrated urban sanitation and greening services. Together they implemented emergency snow removal operations during the January 2026 heavy snow event in Hefei.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Trimble Agriculture / CropX (smart irrigation adjacency): Smart irrigation and agricultural IoT platform; represents the technology stack threat to the company's proprietary precision drip irrigation and smart irrigation systems across landscape and turf applications.

Regional players

• Sunda Landscape (苏州园林/苏南景观类 peers): Regional Chinese landscape architecture firm comparable in scale and service mix, particularly relevant for Suzhou/Jiangsu-style classical garden heritage work similar to the company's Anhui-style garden (徽派园林) positioning.
• Inner Mongolia Mongolia Grass Ecological (蒙草生态): Specializes in ecological restoration, grassland rehabilitation, and drought-tolerant plant systems across northern China; comparable in ecological restoration niche but geographically focused on grasslands and arid regions rather than Anhui/East-China urban parks.

Broad incumbents

• AECOM: Global design, engineering, and landscape architecture firm with active urban park and ecological restoration practices in China; represents the international premium-tier benchmark for flagship urban park projects like the company's Luogang Central Park.
• China Energy Conservation Tiehan (中国节能铁汉生态): State-affiliated, larger-scale ecological restoration and environmental governance platform backed by China Energy Conservation; competes on river basin, mine remediation, and PPP-scale projects with materially deeper balance sheet.

Direct peers

• Orient Landscape (东方园林): One of China's largest publicly listed landscape architecture and ecological restoration companies; directly competes for municipal greening, river-basin ecological restoration, and PPP tenders with overlapping B2G go-to-market.
• Palm Eco-Town Development (棕榈股份): Major Chinese landscape and ecological town developer with national project coverage; competes head-to-head on municipal landscape design, ecological restoration, and integrated town-level greening contracts.
• Lvyuan Landscape (绿苑园林) / Greentown-affiliated peers: Mid-tier Chinese landscape contractor with comparable municipal and developer-facing services; competes for the same middle-market tenders in East China and provides benchmark pricing on regional projects.
• Pubang Landscape Architecture (普邦股份): Listed Chinese landscape architecture company with overlapping service lines in design, construction, and urban greening; competes for municipal park, residential developer, and commercial landscape contracts.

Others

• Huawei Smart City / Alibaba Cloud IoT (digital park platforms): Major cloud and IoT infrastructure providers extending smart-city, smart-park, and digital-twin capabilities into municipal green-space management; represent the platform-level competitive threat that could commoditize the company's integrated smart park offering.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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