China News Service, Shanghai, January 13th (Yin Liqin and He Baoxin) In the face of the severe and capricious challenges of the new crown epidemic, in 2021, China Shipbuilding Corporation will closely follow the pulse of the shipping market, innovate the production and operation system and mechanism, strengthen risk management and control, and accelerate transformation. Upgrading, giving full play to the resource advantages after the integration of the "two ships" through multiple channels and multiple angles, handed over a splendid report card that ranks first in the world in the three indicators of operation undertaking, total completion volume and hand-held orders, which played the "China Shipbuilding Corporation "" The 14th Five-Year Plan is the strongest voice for a good start and a good start.

23000TEU dual fuel powered container ship Photo courtesy of China Ship

　　According to statistics, in 2021, China State Shipbuilding Corporation will undertake operations of 130.15 billion yuan/25.984 million deadweight tons, 206 ships/17.081 million deadweight tons will be delivered, and orders will be 41.953 million deadweight tons, which will not only exceed the annual targets, but also account for global market shares. 21.5%, 20.2%, and 20.5% (in DWT), ranking first among all shipbuilding companies in the world.

Among them, the operating contract amount has doubled from the annual plan, setting a new record since 2008.

　　In 2021, the operation and production work of China State Shipbuilding Corporation will show a good trend of multi-point blooming and go hand in hand. The product structure will continue to be optimized, high-end ship types will continue to emerge, and major projects will be progressing smoothly.

Photo courtesy of luxury ro-ro passenger ship China Ship

　　In terms of operation, we seized market opportunities, adhered to overall marketing, paid attention to the quality of orders, and strengthened risk management and control, and our business undertakings reached a new high for more than ten years.

The construction contract for the No. 2 domestic large cruise ship has come into effect, and the construction is planned to start in the second half of this year. At that time, there will be a spectacular scene of the construction of two large cruise ships, which will help the construction of the entire industry chain of large cruise ships in China.

The first batch of orders for four 174,000 cubic meters of LNG ships under the Qatar LNG Hundred Ship Construction Plan has been placed in Hudong-Zhonghua.

This is a milestone and important step forward for the project following the joint signing of the "China Ship-Qatar Petroleum LNG Ship Construction Project" agreement by China Shipbuilding Corporation and Qatar Petroleum in April 2020.

　　According to statistics, among the nearly 300 ship orders undertaken in 2021, the proportion of high-quality customers from strategic customers, market segment leading customers and long-term cooperation will reach 56%.

The concentration of the main ship types undertaken is about 87%, the proportion of mid-to-high-end ship types has reached 75.2%, and the repair load ratio has reached 0.40, which is the best performance in history.

　　In terms of production, the construction efficiency has been continuously improved, multiple high-end ship types have been delivered in a centralized manner, and the annual production task has been completed one month ahead of schedule. The production and operation of the marine business continued to improve.

Hudong-Zhonghua and Jiangnan Shipbuilding delivered a total of 10 ultra-large container ships. It is worth mentioning that it has achieved the perfect conclusion of the world's first largest and most advanced 23,000TEU liquefied natural gas (LNG) dual-fuel powered container ship project, further consolidating Chinese ships. The Group's leading position in the global ultra-large container ship market marks the improvement of the "Chinese ship's independent research and development + design + operation + construction + supporting" model.

China Shipbuilding Corporation's "Project No. 1", China's first large-scale cruise ship, was completed on October 18, 2021 at Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding, and it was fully transferred to a new stage of the whole ship's interior decoration project.

On December 17 of the same year, the milestone node of floating in the dock was achieved again, marking the full transition of the project from the "first half" of structural and outfitting construction to the "deep water area" of internal installation and system completion and commissioning, towards 2023. Another key step has been taken towards the overall goal of completion and delivery in September 2019.

Photo courtesy of China's first large cruise ship Chinese ship

　　On December 24, 2021, the conference on the relocation of the headquarters of China Shipbuilding Corporation to Shanghai was held in Shanghai, which fully opened the new journey of China Shipbuilding Corporation to take root in Shanghai, better serve the major national strategies, and accelerate the construction of a world-class shipping group.

　　In the new year, China State Shipbuilding Corporation will focus on the main industry, continuously expand new space for the development of the shipbuilding industry, and resolutely assume the responsibility of the leader of the shipbuilding industry and the "chain leader" of the modern industrial chain of the shipbuilding industry; Win the battle of key core technologies, go all out to create the "source" of original technologies in the shipbuilding industry, be the main force of the national strategic scientific and technological force, and build my country's maritime power and shipbuilding power from a new starting point, ride the wind and waves, set sail, and demonstrate New weather, new contributions.

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