In the first half of the year, China's completed shipbuilding volume reached 24.13 million deadweight tons, and the three major indicators of shipbuilding market share continue to maintain a global leader position.

According to the Zhitong Finance APP, on July 22nd, the China Iron and Steel Industry Association announced that from January to June, China's shipbuilding completion volume reached 24.13 million deadweight tons, a decrease of 3.5% year-on-year; new orders received were 44.33 million deadweight tons, a decrease of 18.2% year-on-year; as of the end of June, the order backlog was 234.54 million deadweight tons, an increase of 36.7% year-on-year. From January to June, China's shipbuilding industry accounted for 51.7%, 68.3%, and 64.9% of the world's total in terms of deadweight tons, and 47.2%, 64.0%, and 57.6% in terms of gross tonnage, respectively, continuing to maintain a global leading position.