Ｓｈｉｐｂｕｉｌｄｉｎｇ Ｉｎｄｕｓｔｒｙ， Ｒｅａｄｙ ｔｏ Ｓａｉｌ

The shipbuilding industry is known as \"the head of comprehensive industries\" among all national sectors，due to its wide-linked production line， long production process， and huge investment for each order. A single order to build a 10，000-ton vessel can provide 3，000 jobs for shipbuilders and related upstream in-dustries. At present， China has become the world's second largest shipbuilder. In 2008， China shipbuildingcapacity amounted to 2，881 million tons， 29.5% of the world total; China's ship orders accounted for 35.5% of the world total， and 37.7% of new orders.