The China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) is one of the two largest shipbuilding conglomerates in China, the other being the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC). It was formed by the Government of the People’s Republic of China on 1 July 1999 from companies spun off from CSSC, and is 100% owned by SASAC. Headquartered in Beijing, the CSIC handles shipbuilding activities in the north and the west of China, while the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) deals with those in the east and the south of the country. CSIC’s subsidiary, China Shipbuilding Industry Company Limited (CSICL), was listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2008. Its trade arm is China Shipbuilding & Offshore International Co. Ltd. CSIC has developed 10 main product sections: shipbuilding, marine engineering, diesel engines, storage batteries, large steel structure fabrications, port machinery, turbochargers, tobacco machinery, gas meters and automation distribution systems. The main business scope of CSIC includes the management of all the assets of the corporation and its subsidiaries, domestic and overseas investment and financing, undertaking scientific research and production of military products, mainly of warships, design, production and repair of domestic and overseas Civil engineering, marine and other non-ship products, various forms of economic and technological co-operation, overseas turnkey project contracting, labor export, projects of production with foreign materials, engineering project contracting, construction engineering, building construction and installation, and other business authorized. turbochargers, tobacco machinery, gas meters and automation distribution systems. The main business scope of CSIC includes the management of all the assets of the corporation and its subsidiaries, domestic and overseas investment and financing, undertaking scientific research and production of military products, mainly of warships, design, production and repair of domestic and overseas Civil engineering, marine and other non-ship products, various forms of economic and technological co-operation, overseas turnkey project contracting, labor export, projects of production with foreign materials, engineering project contracting, construction engineering, building construction and installation, and other business authorized. turbochargers, tobacco machinery, gas meters and automation distribution systems. The main business scope of CSIC includes the management of all the assets of the corporation and its subsidiaries, domestic and overseas investment and financing, undertaking scientific research and production of military products, mainly of warships, design, production and repair of domestic and overseas Civil engineering, marine and other non-ship products, various forms of economic and technological co-operation, overseas turnkey project contracting, labor export, projects of production with foreign materials, engineering project contracting, construction engineering, building construction and installation, and other business authorized.
CSIC consists of 96 companies located in northern China, and employs over 300,000 persons. Assets include shipbuilding and industrial enterprises in Dalian (Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company), Tianjin, Qingdao, Wuhan, Xi’an, Chongqing and Kunming, as well as marine research and development. China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC). Shipbuilding and repair enterprises and related equipment manufacturers by CSSC in areas of Dalian, Tianjin, Wuhan, Kunming and Xi’an, together with the majority of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) , which was founded on July 1, 1999 in Beijing. This was part of the overall State Council initiative of 1 July 1999, under which the Chinese government split defense and Technology Corporations into ten new enterprises. These corporations are all state-owned enterprises (SOEs) under the direct supervision of the State Council. These SOEs include the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) and the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC).
CSIC is the largest group in China in the field of design, manufacture, and trade of military and civil ships, marine engineering and marine equipment. CSIC is a very large state-owned enterprise (SOE) supervised by the State Council, a state of the art, a research institute, and a research firm vessels, marine equipment, production and sales of civil electro-mechanical products.
China State Shipbuilding Corporation (former CSSC), it has a total of 97 member units, assets worth RMB 34 billion, annual turnover of RMB11 billion, 1.1 million DWT shipbuilding output per annum. There are 48 industrial enterprises, 28 scientific & research institutes, 15 share holding companies in CSIC, and more than 20 provinces and cities in China. Among its subsidiaries, CSIC has the world-renowned Dalian Shipyard, Dalian New Shipyard, Bohai Shipyard, Wuchang Shipyard, Shanhaiguan Shipyard, China Ship Research & Development Academy, China Shipbuilding Trading Company Ltd., China National Shipbuilding Equipment & Material Corporation, China Offshore Industrial Corporation, HZ Windpower (Haizhuang Wind Power Equipment) etc.
CSIC possesses the largest shipbuilding and ship repair bases, capable of undertaking research, design, manufacture and repair of various civil vessels up to the capacity of 388,000 DWT, marine engineering, surface and submersible combat vessels, naval supplementary boats, underwater weapons and other related equipment. The hundreds of civil vessels, marine engineering projects and other machinery and electronics designed by CSIC have been exported to dozens of countries and regions. By utilizing shipbuilding and military technologies, CSIC has developed many of these electro-mechanic products which have been used in such industries as metallurgical, hydroelectricity, light industries, etc. The world-renowned Dalian Shipyard, Dalian Shipyard, Bohai Shipyard, Shan Hai Guan Shipyard, Wuchang Shipyard, Dalian Marine Diesel Engine Works, Shaanxi Diesel Engine Factory, China Ship Research & Development Academy, China Ship Scientific Research Center, China Shipbuilding Trading Co Ltd, China United Shipbuilding Co Ltd (Hong Kong), China National Shipbuilding Equipment & Materials Corp. and China Offshore Industrial Corp are all members of CSIC. CSIC is the largest shipbuilding and ship repairing vessel in the world. VLCCs, surface and submersible naval vessels and naval auxiliaries to a capacity of 300,000 dwt class. Ships of this description have been exported worldwide over 50 countries and regions. CSIC also consists of the country’s main force on research and design of military ships. It has 28 major technical specialists, six state-level laboratories, 150 large-scale laboratories, and three state-level science centers. CSIC is capable of developing and inventing new products with its strong scientific back up. CSIC is also the largest marine equipment manufacturer in the country. It has 38 plants producing marine diesel engines, marine equipment and auxiliary products. Some of these products are either produced under production licenses or By using shipbuilding and military technologies, CSIC has developed a large turnkey equipment. It has developed and produced hundreds of nonship products such as aerospace, metallurgy, hydro power, petrochemicals, tobacco, railways, coal, light industries and city construction. The nonship products are also exported worldwide.
The market task of CSIC is to strengthen its market position in the military market. It also diverts into other industries while concentrating on innovation and cost controlling. The main business scope of CSIC includes: managing the group and its subsidiaries assets; domestic and overseas investing and financing; research and development of military products with more focus on warships; designing, producing and repairing civilian ships, marine equipment for both domestic and overseas markets; various forms of economic and and overseas turnkey project contracting, laboring, construction and installation. CISC is also authorized to carry out other businesses.
In 2004, CSOC started the Haizhuang Wind Power Equipment Company. In 2008 the first prototype of a 2MW wind turbine (designed by Aerodyn Energiesysteme GmbH) was installed. HZ Windpower produces three types of wind turbines:
* CSOC International Branch Limited