China striving to become global shipbuilding giant

On September 8, 2007, "New Asia", the first 8530TEU ultra large container ship independently designed and manufactured by China, was delivered in Shanghai.

This indicates that China has made great breakthrough on the road of independent design and construction of high-tech ships. The ultra large container ship made in China will show more prominent features of large size and series-oriented. 8530TEU ultra large container ship is on the mainstream of the international container ship type with the characteristic of high technology content, high value-added economy and high construction difficulty. "New Asia" is the first one of the five vessels in same type independently designed and manufactured by Shanghai HuDong-ZhongHua Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd for China Shipping (Group) Company. According to statistics made by Ship Industry Management Office of Commission of Science Technology and Industry for National Defense, in the first three quarters of this year, China's ship industry maintained a growing momentum, the production and operation developed fast, and the economic benefit was improved obviously.

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