CCTV News: On January 16, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released the latest data on my country's shipbuilding industry in 2024. China's shipbuilding industry has three major indicators: shipbuilding completion volume, new orders received, and handheld orders, which continued to grow steadily, and the world's first for 15 consecutive years.

Data shows that in 2024, my country's three major indicators of shipbuilding completion, new orders received, and handheld orders accounted for 55.7%, 74.1% and 63.1% of the world market share, respectively, and continued to grow steadily. What is noticeable is that in 2024, my country's new orders received and handheld orders both hit the best level in China's shipbuilding history.

Li Yanqing, Secretary-General of the China Shipbuilding Industry Association, introduced that very good results have been achieved in 2024, and great progress has been made in both market order acceptance and organization of production. What does this mean? One is that China's shipbuilding industry has a strong foundation, and the second is that it can cooperate with high-quality suppliers around the world, which is the result of everyone's common progress. Therefore, China's shipbuilding industry belongs to both China and the world.

The latest data also shows that in 2024, my country's shipbuilding completion volume increased by 13.8% year-on-year, and the number of new orders received increased by 58.8% year-on-year. As of the end of December 2024, the number of handheld orders increased by 49.7% year-on-year. Among the 18 major ship types in the world, 14 of China's new ship types ranked first in the world. All shipyards across the country have exceeded the annual operating indicators, and market demand has grown rapidly.

Li Yanqing said that handheld orders in China's shipbuilding industry can meet the workload in the next nearly four years, which shows that China's shipbuilding industry has taken a key step in future stable work. Data given by the forecast model of the China Shipbuilding Association (Shipbuilding Industry Association) shows that the annual increase in sea freight trade volume is about 25 million to 50 million dwt, and overall it still maintains an upward trend. The "Second-Second-Evergreen" ship is undergoing the last round of maintenance before departure

In the marine shipbuilding industrial park in Qidong, Nantong, the 150-meter pile driver "Second-Evergreen" ship is undergoing the last round of maintenance before departure. It will soon play a key role in the construction of large ports, cross-sea bridges, offshore wind power, far-reaching sea projects, etc., and can be called a "mainland artifact". What amazing skills does this newly built "sea artifact" have?

The pile driving capacity of "Erhang Changqing" is the world's first in the world. It can drill pile foundations with a diameter of 7 meters, a length of 120 meters and a weight of 700 tons, and can lay countless super "sea stabilizing needles" on the seabed.

The pile frame height of "Erhang Changqing" reaches 150 meters and is 50 stories high when erected. Under construction conditions, each pipe will bear a maximum force of 1,500 tons, which is equivalent to hanging 1,000 cars on it. What is very clever is that this giant pile frame can be switched freely between 150 meters and 135 meters, greatly improving navigation. This design is the first in the world.

This blue "big iron rod" supporting the pile frame is called a variable-frame oil cylinder, which provides strong power for the pile frame. The cylinder of the "Erhang Evergreen" wheel is the world's largest in size and weight, with an astonishing 5,000 tons of thrust. Most importantly, it is a "flame product" independently developed and manufactured in China. Beidou helps the "Sea Engineering Artifact" to achieve centimeter-level positioning accuracy

The scale of the "Second-Saving Eternal Green" wheel is the world's leading position, and the super large hull size brings super wind and wave resistance. In addition, there are 10 100-ton tension positioning winches installed on the deck to form a pile driving positioning system. With the help of Beidou satellite, "Erhang Changqing" can achieve centimeter-level positioning accuracy in the deep sea.

In 2024, Zhenhua Ocean Engineering delivered 12 special engineering ships, setting a record for enterprise delivery in a single year. At present, the company's orders have been scheduled to the first half of 2028. According to the latest statistics, in 2024, the total tonnage of various offshore ship products in Nantong was nearly 4 million tons, and the total output value for the whole year exceeded 200 billion yuan, setting a record high.