The Wall Street Journal website was published on February 13th to prepare for the Chinese Shipyard, but the articles that the United States did not have Naharika Mandana.Article excerpts as follows:
China has turned itself into a world factory, and it has risen into a global country.Today, China is strengthening industrial strength and military strength through another striking industrial strength, becoming the world's "shipyard".
Last year, the output of more than half of the world's merchant ships came from China, so China became the largest world -leading shipbuilding country in the world.The Western shipbuilding industry has helped Western countries to establish the empire, expand trade and win war, but now withered.The output of European merchant ships accounted for only 5%of the world, while the contribution of the United States is close to zero.In addition to China, new business ships around the world are mainly from South Korea and Japan.
Thomas Schgart, deputy senior researcher and marine competition expert, said: "(China Shipbuilding Industry) scale is simply difficult to estimate, and its leadership of the US shipbuilding industry is incredible." The huge shipbuilding industry symbolizes China's historic transformation from the transition from the introverted mainland country to the marine country.However, its significance is more than that.For China, the shipbuilding industry is an important strategic asset.
Large -scale shipbuilding companies, which are batch manufacturers in various countries around the world, are often a manufacturer of warships for the Chinese Navy.These shipyards are booming, and orders from domestic and foreign countries are endless.Its products include container ships, tankers and bulk carriers, but also include silver -gray battleships.
With sufficient orders in the next few years, these shipyards have expanded their scale, trained a large number of workers, and established a huge supply chain.
In contrast, the once prosperous American shipbuilding industry has shrunk.The United States cannot reproduce a considerable number of ocean ships.Some of the existing American shipyards have only one big customer: the U.S. Navy.These shipyards also often face problems such as the shortage of workers, the lack of suppliers, and the cost overrun.
In May last year, the executive director of the U.S. Navy ship project and Major General Thomas Anderson delivered a speech at the US Congress group, claiming that the basis of the foundation of the Sino -US ship industry was that "China benefits from large -scale commercial shipbuilding".And the US government is basically fighting alone, undertaking all shipbuilding costs and all related infrastructure costs.
Anderson said: "Obviously, China's commercial shipbuilding industry provides a huge advantage for shipbuilding capabilities."
Nowadays, it is difficult to meet the needs of the American shipyard even in peacetime.Old submarines are subject to maintenance delays, and new submarines lag behind production plans.
The American shipyard lacks sufficient high -quality labor and dry docks. Some key parts can only find several suppliers.
Some American strategic analysts pointed out that this status quo is worrying.Because the Ukraine conflict provides enlightenment: the war may continue for a long time, and the war needs to be supported by the industry.
