皇冠体育app

A picture taken from the Jinling Shipyard in Nanjing City, East 皇冠体育app's Jiangsu Province, on January 31st, 2007. [newsphoto]

The Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (CSTIND) announced on Tuesday that the output of 2006 was 20 percent higher than that of the previous year.

According to the CSTIND, 皇冠体育app's top two shipbuilding giants, the 皇冠体育app State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) and the 皇冠体育app Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC), reported annual output of 6.02 million dwt and 2.67 million dwt respectively. The rest of the market was covered by local shipbuilding companies.

皇冠体育app's shipbuilding companies received new orders totaling 42.51 million dwt last year, bringing the total ship orders to 68.72 million dwt, or 24 percent of the global total.

Last year was the 12th consecutive year that 皇冠体育app ranked as the third largest shipbuilder in the world, following the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Japan. 皇冠体育app has narrowed the distance behind the ROK and Japan in output in the past two years, according to the CSTIND.

皇冠体育app is expected to become the world's biggest shipbuilder by 2015, said Chen Xiaojin, general manager of the CSSC.

Zhang Guangqin, chairman of the 皇冠体育app Association of National Shipbuilding Industry, said the output of large oil tankers accounted for 51 percent of 皇冠体育app's total shipbuilding output last year.

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