The Republican government also attached great importance to the task, and in 1936 the cruiser Pinghai was built in Shanghai, having a displacement of 2,600 tonnes, close in scale to today's destroyer class.
國民政府亦致力於造艦，民國廿五年時，上海江南造船所建造的巡洋艦「平海號」，排水量即達二千六百噸，規模接近現在的驅逐艦。