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Soaring shipbuilding
Published: May 29, 2022 11:21 PM


Ships are under construction at a yard in Taicang, East China's Jiangsu Province, on May 29, 2022. The country's shipbuilders saw their order backlog soar 26.3 percent on a yearly basis to 99.1 million deadweight tons in the first quarter, accounting for 47.3 percent of the world's total, official data showed. Photo: cnsphoto

Ships are under construction at a yard in Taicang, East China's Jiangsu Province, on May 29, 2022. The country's shipbuilders saw their order backlog soar 26.3 percent on a yearly basis to 99.1 million deadweight tons in the first quarter, accounting for 47.3 percent of the world's total, official data showed. Photo: cnsphoto