China Shipbuilding Market Summary, Competitive Analysis and Forecast to 2030

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Shipbuilding in China industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2020-25, and forecast to 2030). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market.

Key Highlights

– Shipbuilding is the process of designing, constructing, and assembling ships for transportation and trade. It involves a series of stages, including planning, engineering, fabrication, and outfitting, to create a functional and seaworthy vessel. Market volume represents gross tonnage, which is determined by the molded volume of all enclosed spaces within the ship. Molded volume refers to the internal volume of the ship's hull, calculated based on the shape and dimensions of its structure, including all enclosed areas such as cargo holds, machinery spaces, and crew accommodations.
– Market production volume increased with a CAGR of 12.2% between 2020 and 2025, reaching a total of 41,284.7 thousand gross tonnage in 2025.
– Bulk carriers had the highest volume in the Chinese shipbuilding market in 2025, with a total of 23,390.3 thousand gross tonnage, equivalent to 56.7% of the market's overall volume.
– China captured a share of 56.0% in the Asia-Pacific shipbuilding market in 2025.

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China State Shipbuilding Corp Ltd
China Merchants Heavy Industry (Jiangsu) Co Ltd
Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings) Ltd
COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry Co Ltd

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

1 Executive Summary

1.1. Market Volume

1.2. Market Volume Forecast

1.3. Category Segmentation

1.4. Geography Segmentation

1.5. Market Rivalry

1.6. Competitive Landscape

2 Market Overview

2.1. Market definition

2.2. Market analysis

3 Market Data

3.1. Market volume

4 Market Segmentation

4.1. Category segmentation

4.2. Geography segmentation

5 Market Outlook

5.1. Market volume forecast

6 Five Forces Analysis

6.1. Summary

6.2. Buyer power

6.3. Supplier power

6.4. New entrants

6.5. Threat of substitutes

6.6. Degree of rivalry

7 Competitive Landscape

7.1. Who are the leading players?

7.2. What are the strengths and strategies of leading players?

7.3. What are the recent developments in the market?

8 Company Profiles

8.1. China State Shipbuilding Corp Ltd

8.2. China Merchants Heavy Industry (Jiangsu) Co Ltd

8.3. Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings) Ltd

8.4. COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry Co Ltd

9 Macroeconomic Indicators

9.1. Country data

10 Appendix

10.1. Methodology

10.2. Industry Associations

10.3. Related GlobalData Research

10.4. About GlobalData

Table

List of Tables

Table 1: China shipbuilding market volume: thousand gross tonnage, 2020–25

Table 2: China shipbuilding market category segmentation: % share, by volume, 2020–25

Table 3: China shipbuilding market category segmentation: thousand gross tonnage, 2020-25

Table 4: China shipbuilding market geography segmentation: thousand gross tonnage, 2025

Table 5: China shipbuilding market volume forecast: thousand gross tonnage, 2025–30

Table 6: China State Shipbuilding Corp Ltd: Key Facts

Table 7: China State Shipbuilding Corp Ltd: key employees

Table 8: China Merchants Heavy Industry (Jiangsu) Co Ltd: Key Facts

Table 9: Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings) Ltd: Key Facts

Table 10: Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings) Ltd: annual financial ratios

Table 11: Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings) Ltd: key employees

Table 12: COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry Co Ltd: Key Facts

Table 13: China Size Of Population (Million), 2021–25

Table 14: China Real GDP (Constant 2010 Prices, $ Billion), 2021–25

Table 15: China GDP (Current Prices, $ Billion), 2021–25

Table 16: China Inflation, 2021–25

Table 17: China Consumer Price Index (Absolute), 2021–25

Table 18: China Exchange Rate, 2020–25

Figures

List of Figures

Figure 1: China shipbuilding market volume: thousand gross tonnage, 2020–25

Figure 2: China shipbuilding market category segmentation: thousand gross tonnage, 2020-25

Figure 3: China shipbuilding market geography segmentation: % share, by volume, 2025

Figure 4: China shipbuilding market volume forecast: thousand gross tonnage, 2025–30

Figure 5: Forces driving competition in the shipbuilding market in China, 2025

Figure 6: Drivers of buyer power in the shipbuilding market in China, 2025

Figure 7: Drivers of supplier power in the shipbuilding market in China, 2025

Figure 8: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the shipbuilding market in China, 2025

Figure 9: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the shipbuilding market in China, 2025

Figure 10: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the shipbuilding market in China, 2025

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