- Accelerate technology innovation and realize innovation-driven development;

- Improve production levels for key equipment and materials;

- Adjust and optimize the layout of vessel production;

- Facilitate the development of high-end products;

- Stabilize the industry's international market share;

- Urge more military-civilian cooperation in vessel design and development;

- Strengthen company management and services.

The completed orders, new orders and total orders in Chinese shipyards accounted for 39.1 percent, 44.2 percent and 43.1 percent of the world total, respectively.

Chinese shipyards built 20.6 million deadweight tons of vessels, down 36 percent year on year. They received new orders for 22.9 deadweight tons of vessels.

Completed vessels for exports were 17.28 deadweight tons, down 34.4 percent, and new orders for vessel exports were 21.04 million deadweight tons, up 163.3 percent. At the end of June, total orders for vessel exports were 95.14 million deadweight tons, down 11.3 percent year on year. Completed orders, new orders and total orders for vessel exports accounted for 83.9 percent, 91.9 percent and 87.3 percent of the national total, respectively.

(Source: Chinese Association of the National Shipbuilding Industry)