Are there any cruise ships in China?

China does not yet have a domestically produced cruise ship, and the first domestically produced cruise ship will be delivered in 2023.

At the "Belt and Road" and Cruise Economic Development symposium held on May 31, Wu Qiang, general manager of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, said: The first domestically produced cruise ship will be delivered in 2023 and 2024. By 2028, one will be delivered every year. According to the plan, the first domestically produced cruise ship will have a total length of 323.6 meters, a width of 37.2 meters, a designed draft of 8.25 meters, nearly 2,000 guest rooms, and a maximum capacity of nearly 5,000 passengers.

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China’s cruise economy started in 2006. For more than 10 years, the number of cruise tourists in China has grown at an average annual compound growth rate of 45%. The International Cruise Industry Association predicts that the total Asia-Pacific cruise tourism market will exceed that of the United States in the next 10 years. It is expected that by around 2025, the number of cruise tourists in China will exceed 10 million, and approximately 100 large cruise ships will be needed.

Amidst the generally sluggish global shipbuilding market, large cruise ships “have unique scenery here.” At present, the manufacturing center of large cruise ships has been in Europe, and orders from European shipbuilding companies have been scheduled until 2025. This provides opportunities for Chinese shipbuilding companies to rely on the incremental demand in the Chinese and Asia-Pacific cruise markets to realize the local construction of large cruise ships.

China.com - The first domestically produced cruise ship will be delivered in 2023, with a maximum capacity of 5,000 passengers