China's ship completions rank third in the past 10 consecutively years and the shipbuilding capacity also increased from 3.462 million DWT of 2002 to 12 million DWT of 2005. According to ResearchInChina, from 2006 to 2010, the total demand of ships will reach 31 million DWT, and the annual demand will be 6.2 million DWT on average.

In 2005, the cumulative sales revenue of China's shipbuilding industry amounted to RMB 110.85 billion, up by 42.6% over the year of 2004, and the profits amounted to RMB 4.29 billion, far more than that of 2004, which was RMB 1.64 billion. The export is also promising and the earnings broke through USD 4 billion in 2005.

 
Source: ResearchInChina

The boom of China's shipbuilding industry is closely linked with the development of marine industry. Although the global marine market declined in 2005, new opportunities still emerged for China's shipbuilding industry. As the world's shipbuilding center shifting to China gradually and the favorable industrial policies issued by the government, China will hopefully develop to be the largest shipbuilding country in the next 10 years.

As we all know, opportunities and challenges coexist. International ship price has declined since the second half of 2005, and competitions among shipbuilding manufacturers are becoming more and more intense. In addition, raw material cost, RMB appreciation and exchange rate fluctuation are all key factors for manufacturers. How to handle these challenges is a big problem for China's shipbuilding industry. Besides, as an investment rush appears in China's shipbuilding industry and heats up day by day, shipyards that are being built, will be built and planned to be built have reached 40 million DWT, covering 80% of the total global demand. Therefore, China's shipbuilding industry must alter the growth mode and control the shipbuilding capacities. So, from this angle, the investment risks in shipbuilding industry will be high in China.

Meanwhile, ship equipment industry is another bottleneck for the future development of China's shipbuilding industry. So, for China's shipbuilding manufacturers, they should enhance technical communications and co-operations, improve localized equipment productions, introduce foreign capitals, optimize innovation mechanism and strengthen research and development etc.

Data sources of this report are mainly from National Bureau of Statistics of China, General Administration of Customs, China Association of National Shipbuilding Industry, DRCnet, and shipbuilding.com.cn etc.

2. Status Quo Appraisal of China's Shipbuilding Industry
2.1 Analysis of status quo
2.1.1 General overview
2.1.2 Raw materials market overview, 2005
2.1.3 Development trends
2.2 Factors influencing the development of China's shipbuilding industry
2.2.1 Analysis of factors of production
2.2.2 Analysis of factors influencing market demand
2.2.3 Analysis of related industries
2.2.4 Analysis of internal factors of shipbuilding manufacturers
2.2.5 Analysis of government influences
2.2.6 Other factors

3. Regional Development of China's Shipbuilding Industry
3.1 Parallel comparison of regional development structures
3.1.1 Output value comparison among major shipbuilding provinces
3.1.2 Market share comparison among major shipbuilding provinces
3.1.3 Market analysis of major shipbuilding provinces
3.2 Status quo and trends analysis of industrial clusters around Yangtze River Delta
3.2.1 Industrial clusters overview
3.2.2 Development trends
3.3 Competitive advantage analysis in Central China
3.3.1 Development status
3.3.2 Competition analysis
3.3.3 Development trends
3.4 Analysis of major shipbuilding provinces & municipalities
3.4.1 Guangdong
3.4.2 Shanghai
3.4.3 Zhejiang
3.4.4 Fujian
3.4.5 Jiangsu
3.4.6 Hubei
3.4.7 Shandong
3.4.8 Liaoning

4. Development Trends of China's Shipbuilding Industry
4.1 Development forecast of China's shipbuilding industry, 2006
4.1.1 Production capacity and output
4.1.2 Analysis of international competitiveness
4.1.3 Forecast of China-made ship equipment
4.2 Development trends analysis of raw materials market
4.2.1 Development trends analysis of plates for shipbuilding
4.2.2 Analysis of China's steel market

5. Supply-demand Forecast of China's Shipbuilding Market
5.1 Economic factors
5.1.1 China macro-economy
5.1.2 China water transportation
5.1.3 China marine economy
5.2 Supply-demand forecast 
5.2.1 Bulk carrier market
5.2.2 Ship equipment market
5.2.3 Forecast of market size
5.2.4 Forecast on ship price tendency

6. Analysis of Major Ship Manufacturers in China
6.1 Competition overview
6.1.1 Appraisal of major manufacturers' competitiveness
6.1.2 Sales revenue of major manufacturers
6.2 China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC)
6.2.1 Corporate profile
6.2.2 Production and operation
6.2.3 Competition analysis
6.2.4 Development trends analysis
6.3 Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co., Ltd
6.3.1 Company profile
6.3.2 Production and operation
6.3.3 Competition analysis
6.4 China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC)
6.4.1 Corporate profile
6.4.2 Production and operation
6.4.3 Competition analysis
6.4.4 Development trends analysis

7. Analysis of Investment Opportunities and Risks in China's Shipbuilding Industry
7.1 Analysis of investment opportunities
7.2 Analysis of risks

8 Development Strategies and Suggestions
8.1 Analysis of development strategies
8.2 Industrial environment and development layout
8.3 Strategies and suggestions