In the first half of 2025, China maintained its global lead in the three major shipbuilding market share indicators.

In the first half of 2025, China's shipbuilding industry maintained its global lead in three major market share indicators.

According to data released by the China Association of the Shipbuilding Industry, from January to June 2025, China's shipbuilding completions totaled 24.13 million deadweight tons, a year-on-year decrease of 3.5%; new orders reached 44.33 million deadweight tons, a year-on-year decrease of 18.2%. As of the end of June, China's shipbuilding order backlog stood at 234.54 million deadweight tons, a year-on-year increase of 36.7%.

From January to June, China's three major shipbuilding indicators, in terms of deadweight tonnage, accounted for 51.7%, 68.3%, and 64.9% of the world's total, respectively; in terms of corrected gross tonnage, they accounted for 47.2%, 64.0%, and 57.6%, respectively.

From January to June, export vessels accounted for 89.6%, 89.5%, and 93.2% of China's total shipbuilding completions, new orders, and order backlog, respectively. China's shipbuilding export value reached US$24.05 billion (approximately RMB 172.63 billion).