From January to August this year, due to the continued downturn in the global shipbuilding market, the development of our province's shipbuilding industry was severely tested, with three major shipbuilding indicators declining year-on-year. According to statistics from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, from January to August 2012, the completed shipbuilding volume in China was 37.83 million deadweight tons, a year-on-year decrease of 12.4%, of which 83.5% were exported ships; The newly undertaken ship orders amounted to 14.59 million deadweight tons, a year-on-year decrease of 48.0%, with export ships accounting for 75.9% of the total. As of the end of August, the order volume of handheld ships was 123.83 million deadweight tons, a year-on-year decrease of 29.6% and a decrease of 17.4% compared to the end of 2011. Among them, export ships accounted for 83.1% of the total.

From January to August 2012, a total of 50 ships with a carrying capacity of 2.843 million tons were cancelled nationwide, accounting for 2.30% of the total orders held.

1、 The three major shipbuilding indicators in the province from January to August this year have decreased year-on-year

——Shipbuilding completion volume. The province has 277 ships with a carrying capacity of 12.407 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 20.9%, of which export ships account for 88.1% of the total. 11.9% of the world market share and 32.8% of the national market share. Among them, 13 key monitoring enterprises in our province have completed 173 vessels with a carrying capacity of 10.555 million tons, accounting for 85.1% of the total in the province. The completion volume of shipbuilding in Taizhou City is 80 ships with a carrying capacity of 4.564 million tons, accounting for 36.8% of the province's total; The completed shipbuilding volume in Nantong City is 71 ships with a carrying capacity of 3.906 million tons, accounting for 31.5% of the province's total; The completed shipbuilding volume in Yangzhou City is 55 ships with a carrying capacity of 1.857 million tons, accounting for 14.9% of the province's total; The completed shipbuilding volume in Nanjing is 32 ships with a carrying capacity of 1.755 million tons, accounting for 14.1% of the province's total.

——New order volume. The province has 114 ships with a carrying capacity of 2.792 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 64.7%, of which export ships account for 76.8% of the total. It accounts for 8.9% of the world market share and 19.1% of the national market share. Among them, the 13 key monitoring enterprises in our province have 51 ships with a carrying capacity of 2.044 million tons, accounting for 73.2% of the total in the province. Taizhou City has newly undertaken orders for 30 ships with a carrying capacity of 1.162 million tons, accounting for 41.6% of the province's total; 15 new orders with a carrying capacity of 678000 tons were undertaken in Nanjing, accounting for 24.3% of the province's total; Yangzhou City has undertaken 29 new orders of 364000 deadweight tons, accounting for 13.0% of the province's total; The new orders undertaken by Nantong City are 11 ships with a carrying capacity of 218000 tons, accounting for 7.8% of the province's total.

——Handheld order volume. The province has 926 ships with a deadweight capacity of 46.932 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 29.1%, of which export ships account for 84.4% of the total. Occupying 16.5% of the world market share and 37.9% of the national market share, our province's 13 key monitoring enterprises have 525 vessels with a carrying capacity of 41.22 million tons, accounting for 87.8% of the province's total. Nantong City holds orders for 220 ships with a carrying capacity of 19.966 million tons, accounting for 42.5% of the province's total; Taizhou City holds 296 orders with a carrying capacity of 16.388 million tons, accounting for 34.9% of the province's total; Yangzhou City holds 173 orders with a carrying capacity of 5.188 million tons, accounting for 11.1% of the province's total; Nanjing holds 113 orders of 3.525 million deadweight tons, accounting for 7.5% of the province's total.