Great countries build ships without fear of rough seas

As early as September 2006, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense jointly issued the Medium and Long-term Development Plan for the Shipbuilding Industry (2006-2015). "Plan" clearly, China's foreign trade rapid growth, for the shipbuilding industry to provide a good opportunity for development, China's shipbuilding industry is expected to become one of the most internationally competitive industries, to seize the 2006-2015 10 years of critical period, timely to undertake foreign industrial transfer, improve market competitiveness, Strive to make our country become the world's most important shipbuilding country and power by 2015.

However, since the second half of 2008, affected by the international financial crisis, the international shipping market has declined sharply, the shipbuilding market has been greatly impacted, the new ship orders have been significantly reduced, the financing difficulties of enterprises, and the risk of performing the contract delivery has increased, and the development of China's shipbuilding industry is facing a grim situation. In this regard, in 2009, The General Office of the State Council issued the "Rules for the Implementation of the Plan for the Adjustment and Revitalization of the Shipbuilding Industry", which adopted active credit measures to stabilize shipbuilding orders, defuse operational risks, and ensure the steady and rapid development of the shipbuilding industry. By controlling the new shipbuilding capacity, promote the adjustment of industrial structure, improve the comprehensive strength of large shipbuilding enterprises, and form new competitive advantages; By accelerating independent innovation, developing high-tech and high value-added vessels, developing Marine engineering equipment, and cultivating new economic growth points, we will lay a solid foundation for building a strong shipbuilding country and implementing the Marine strategy.

In 2016, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Development and Reform Commission and other departments jointly issued the Action Plan for Deepening Structural Adjustment and Accelerating Transformation and Upgrading of the Shipbuilding Industry (2016-2020), in response to the continued downturn in the demand of the international mainstream ship market at that time, the sharp contraction of the market for high-tech ships and Marine engineering equipment, and the overall plight of the world shipbuilding industry. China's shipbuilding industry is facing the most severe challenge since the financial crisis, and at the same time to meet the historic opportunity of overtaking on the curve.

The plan proposes that by 2020, China should build a shipbuilding industry system with strong scale, strong innovation capacity, good quality and efficiency, and optimized structure, and strive to enter the ranks of the world's shipbuilding power and advanced countries in Marine engineering equipment manufacturing. The shipbuilding completed by the top 10 shipbuilding enterprises accounted for more than 70% of the country's total, forming a group of world-class advanced shipbuilding and Marine engineering equipment manufacturing enterprises with strong core competitiveness. The supporting capacity has been significantly enhanced. The average loading rate of the three major ship types, bulk carriers, oil tankers and container ships, high-tech ships and localized offshore engineering equipment have reached 80%, 60% and 40% respectively, making China a major Marine equipment manufacturer in the world. Backbone ships, offshore equipment and supporting enterprises have basically established a global research and development, marketing and service system.

In November 2017, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Development and Reform Commission and other eight departments issued the "Action Plan for the Sustainable and Healthy Development of Marine Engineering Equipment Manufacturing Industry (2017-2020)", actively responding to the continued downturn in the demand for Marine engineering equipment market at that time, the global Marine engineering equipment manufacturing industry suffered a severe impact, and new orders shrank significantly. The severe situation of large-scale delay or withdrawal of products already built and under construction. The plan to promote the supply-side structural reform as the main line, with innovation as the driving force, accelerate structural adjustment, inventory reduction, shortcomings, brand creation, constantly optimize the industrial development model, cultivate new economic growth points, enhance international competitiveness, and promote the sustainable and healthy development of China's Marine engineering equipment manufacturing industry.

In December 2017, the National Development and Reform Commission issued the Implementation Plan for the Industrialization of Key Technologies for High-end Ships and Marine Engineering Equipment, aiming to promote the transformation and upgrading of China's shipbuilding industry, improve the technical level and core competitiveness, and consolidate and enhance international competitive advantages.