Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China (MIIT) has ratified a number of industry standards, which includes 109 Shipbuilding industry standards and would be enforced by October 1 this year.   

The imminent shipbuilding standards cover a wide range of newbuilds respects, such as ship designing, welding, coating, launching and ship parts, etc. 

Apart from standards for specific product, those criteria also involve the construction process and technologies, etc. Those clauses would possess great guidance significance on Chinese shipbuilding industry.

Implementation of these standards is expected to help Chinese shipbuilding enterprises to better meet international requirements, raise overall newbuilding quality and enhance competitiveness in international market.

It is reported that these standards would be uniformly published by the China Shipbuilding Technology and Economy Research Organization.