Last year the China Shipbuilding Corporation made the ROC the world's fourth largest shipbuilder, behind only South Korea, Japan, and Yugoslavia, with 647,000 tons (an increase of 36 % over the previous year). The eight orders turned NT $ 6.57 billion.
中船去年造船數量居世界第四位，僅次於南韓、日本、南斯拉夫，交船總噸數為六十四萬七千九百噸，較前年成長三成六，有八艘船簽約，造價共計六十五億七千餘萬新台幣。