Workers work on a container vessel at a shipyard of Jiangsu Yangzi Xinfu Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. in Taixing, east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 5, 2023.

In the first 10 months of 2023, China has maintained its top position in the global shipbuilding market with strong growth in both output and new orders, industry data showed.

The country's shipbuilding output climbed 12 percent year on year to 34.56 million deadweight tonnes (dwt) during the January-October period, accounting for 49.7 percent of the world's total, according to data from the China Association of the National Shipbuilding Industry.

The country's shipbuilders exported a combined 21.14 billion U.S. dollars worth of ships in the first 10 months, up 21 percent from the same period last year, according to the association. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)