Sixth Ministry of Machine Building


Sixth Ministry of Machine-Building of the PRC, one of the central offices in the People's Republic of China, created on Sept. 2, 1963, who oversaw the shipbuilding industry.
After Cultural Revolution the first information about its business, already as a Ministry of Shipbuilding, from June 1970. In May 1982, was closed and converted into the China Shipbuilding Corp., July 1, 1999 which was divided into two organisms, the:
In 1950, the first aid the Chinese shipbuilding industry has given the Soviet Union. In 1986, China had 523 yards, 160 factories manufacturing facilities, 540,000 employees and more than 80 offices and scientific research.
The main shipbuilding centers are Shanghai, Dalian, Tianjin, Guangzhou and Wuhan.