The reporter learned from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology that from January to December 2024, the national shipbuilding completion volume was 48.18 million deadweight tons, a year-on-year increase of 13.8%; The newly received order volume was 113.05 million deadweight tons, a year-on-year increase of 58.8%; As of the end of December, the volume of orders held was 208.72 million deadweight tons, a year-on-year increase of 49.7%. From January to December, China's shipbuilding completion, new orders, and orders held accounted for 55.7%, 74.1%, and 63.1% of the global total in terms of deadweight tons, respectively, and 50.3%, 68.2%, and 55.4% in terms of revised total tons, respectively. (New Society)