China News Service, Dalian, October 28 (Reporter Yang Yi) Li Yanqing, vice president of the China Shipbuilding Industry Association, said in Dalian, Liaoning on the 28th that China's shipbuilding industry continues to maintain the momentum of rapid development. At present, Chinese shipyards hold orders of 399 million DWT (deadweight tons) and have more than four years of workload in hand, laying a solid foundation for the sustainable development of the shipbuilding industry.
On the same day, the 17th China Dalian International Maritime Exhibition opened. This exhibition is hosted by the China Shipbuilding Industry Association and the China Shipbuilding Engineering Society. Nearly 800 companies from more than 20 countries and regions including Germany, South Korea, Russia, Norway, and France participated in the exhibition.
At the exhibition site, various shipbuilding companies closely followed the industry development trends of green, low-carbon, and intelligent upgrading, and focused on displaying cutting-edge products such as energy-saving power systems, intelligent ship equipment, and green ship repair technology, demonstrating new achievements in industrial transformation and upgrading.
Li Yanqing said that from January to September this year, Chinese shipyards undertook a total of 175 million DWT of new ship orders, a year-on-year increase of 163.2%, accounting for 81.8% of global transactions. The transactions in the first half of the year alone exceeded the total of last year, once again proving to the world that It demonstrates the comprehensive competitiveness of Chinese shipyards and the trust of international shipowners in China; the shipyards completed and delivered 58.05 million DWT, a year-on-year increase of 50.7%, which fully reflects the remarkable achievements of various shipyards in technological progress, process improvement and management improvement.
As China's shipbuilding market continues to develop and expand, overseas professional manufacturers take the initiative to seek cooperation opportunities. At this exhibition, the German pavilion and the Korean pavilion each led more than 20 elite companies to appear, focusing on displaying cutting-edge products and solutions in marine vacuum equipment, green power equipment and other sub-sectors; industry giants such as France's GTT, Finland's Marioff, and the Netherlands' GreenPin also all appeared; and professional procurement delegations from Russia and other countries came to Dalian to visit and purchase.
During the same period of this exhibition, a number of high-profile industry forums, business docking and other supporting activities will be held, covering the 2026 China-South Korea Shipbuilding and Offshore Industry Cooperation and Exchange Conference, the Supply and Demand Matchmaking Conference of Chinese and Russian shipyards, shipowners and ship parts companies, etc., bringing together industry experts, business elites and professional merchants to discuss industry development and discuss cooperation opportunities.
It is reported that this exhibition is the first appearance of Dalian International Maritime Exhibition after obtaining certification from the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry (UFI), marking that the exhibition has officially entered the ranks of the world's first-class professional maritime exhibitions.
