World shipbuilding focuses on Chinese market- Marinetec China

After more than 40 years of development, China International Maritime Technology Academic Conference and Exhibition (Marintec China) has become one of the two most influential maritime conferences and exhibitions in the world.

From the perspective of the overall scale of exhibitions, China International Maritime Exhibition has surpassed Hamburg Maritime Exhibition in Germany for two consecutive years and ranked first in the world.

Complementing the development of China’s shipbuilding industry

In 2024, China's shipbuilding industry will achieve rapid development. In the first three quarters, the three major indicators of shipbuilding completions, new orders, and orders on hand accounted for 55.1%, 74.7%, and 61.4% of the world market share respectively. It has undertaken and delivered a large number of high-end ships. High-tech, high-value-added ships. Among the 18 major ship types in the world, my country ranks first in the world in new orders for 14 ship types.

With the spring breeze of reform and opening up and the pace of Chinese shipbuilding going global, the China International Maritime Exhibition came into being. At that time, China's shipbuilding industry needed a window to the world, and the international maritime industry also needed a bridge to enter China.

From December 10 to 16, 1981, the first China International Maritime Exhibition was successfully held at the Shanghai Exhibition Center. “The China International Maritime Exhibition and the development of China’s shipbuilding industry can be said to complement each other.

An important window for studying and judging the development direction of the international maritime industry

As China has grown into the world's largest shipbuilding country, after more than 40 years of development, China International Maritime Exhibition has grown from the first 4100 square meters, 120 manufacturers from 15 countries and regions participated in the exhibition It will expand to 95,000 square meters and 30 More than 2,000 companies from multiple countries and regions participated in the exhibition.

The scale of the exhibition exceeded that of the Hamburg Maritime Exhibition in Germany, becoming the first in the world. Against the background of the vigorous development of the global maritime industry, the booth sales work of the 2025 China International Maritime Exhibition has also made unprecedented rapid progress.

As a display platform for the most advanced equipment and technology in the maritime industry, China International Maritime Exhibition and Convention Center has become an important window to experience the most cutting-edge technologies of the international maritime industry and to judge the development direction of the international maritime industry.

At every China International Maritime Exhibition, you can see new products and new technologies that represent the most advanced construction capabilities and technology research and development levels of the international maritime industry at that time.

At the same time, China International Maritime Exhibition has played an increasingly important role in economics and trade. It has become a feature of China International Maritime Exhibition and Convention Center to have major signings at each exhibition.

According to incomplete statistics, more than 100 cooperation agreements and orders were signed during the 21st China International Maritime Exhibition. The contracted companies include China State Shipbuilding Corporation,  China Merchants Industry,  COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry,  MAN,  Wärtsilä,  France GTT and other world-class enterprise groups.

The 2025 China International Maritime Exhibition will set up an Energytec future energy exhibition area focusing on "alternative energy and industrial chain in the maritime industry", focusing on displaying related technical products and solutions, and setting up an on-site exchange area for companies to conduct technical exchanges, product releases and link activities. 

Drive international maritime resources to gather in China

At present, China has become the world's largest shipbuilding country and is accelerating the pace of building a strong shipbuilding country. With the development of China's shipbuilding industry, China International Maritime Exhibition has become an important platform for China and the international maritime community to carry out all-round and multi-level cooperation and exchanges.

It is one of the few international brand exhibitions in China in the true sense, and is also an important platform for China to build a maritime power and An important carrier of a powerful shipbuilding nation.