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Chen Gang, chief designer of the domestic large cruise ship "Aida · Modu": Constantly moving towards realizing the dream of "shipbuilding power".

From Shanghai to the sea

The Chinese's dream of a cruise has set sail

Who would have thought

It is 323.6 meters long and 37.2 meters wide

A behemoth with a gross tonnage of 135,500 tons

It started with a two-container drawing

Xinhua Interview launched the "Chief Engineer of a Great Power" series

Take you closer to the first domestic large cruise ship

Chen Gang, chief designer of "Aida · Modu".

Listen to him

The story of bringing drawings to life

Chen Gang, chief designer of the domestic large cruise ship "Aida · Modu": Constantly moving towards realizing the dream of "shipbuilding power".

Rewind to 2014

Chen Gang and his team have gone through many twists and turns

Drawings of two containers weighing two tons were bought

The dream of a seemingly large cruise ship is one step closer

But in the face of more than 10 thousand pages of drawings, how to break through?

There is only one answer: "digital intelligence" upgrade!

Chen Gang, chief designer of the domestic large cruise ship "Aida · Modu": Constantly moving towards realizing the dream of "shipbuilding power".

Eight years of scientific research, five years of design and construction

June 6, 2023

The bright Dunhuang flying ribbon is wrapped around the white hull

The "Aida · Modu" is finally officially undocked

Chen Gang said he remembers the date vividly

Because it wasn't until this day that the hanging heart finally let go

Chen Gang, chief designer of the domestic large cruise ship "Aida · Modu": Constantly moving towards realizing the dream of "shipbuilding power".

Why

China must have its own domestic cruise ships?

"Heavy weapons" have their own big things!

The design and construction of large cruise ships has been for a long time

Monopolized by a handful of European shipyards

With January 1, 2024

"Aida · Modu" was officially put into commercial operation

Knocked on the door of the world cruise market for China

Chen Gang, chief designer of the domestic large cruise ship "Aida · Modu": Constantly moving towards realizing the dream of "shipbuilding power".

So that the mainland has gathered the "three jewels in the crown" of the shipbuilding industry

It marks the realization of the full-spectrum construction capacity of the mainland shipbuilding industry

Chen Gang also said that the impact of the cruise economic chain should not be underestimated

The pure construction supply chain scale of a large cruise ship

It can reach two or three billion yuan

Chen Gang, chief designer of the domestic large cruise ship "Aida · Modu": Constantly moving towards realizing the dream of "shipbuilding power".

From "good" to "better"

More than 70% of the world's orders have been won by China

For more than 40 years,

China's shipbuilding industry is a small-tonnage bulk carrier

It continues to be abundant to various ship types

According to the latest data released in July

In the first half of 2024, among the 18 major ship types in the world

China has 14 types of ship types, and the number of new orders is the highest in the world

More than seventy percent of the world's orders were won by China.

Chen Gang, chief designer of the domestic large cruise ship "Aida · Modu": Constantly moving towards realizing the dream of "shipbuilding power".

Chen Gang believes that

China's shipbuilding design should continue to march towards high-end ship types

Adhere to the "large-scale, high-end, intelligent and green" development of ships

in order to stay ahead of the curve in the brutal competition

Chen Gang, chief designer of the domestic large cruise ship "Aida · Modu": Constantly moving towards realizing the dream of "shipbuilding power".

The total tonnage of the exciting is over 140,000 tons

The construction of the second domestic large cruise ship has entered an accelerated period

It is expected to be undocked at the end of March 2026

Chen Gang said, from "good" to "better"

Chinese shipbuilders will shoulder their responsibilities

Continue to improve the international competitiveness of China's shipbuilding

Continue to strive for the realization of the dream of a shipbuilding power

Chen Gang, chief designer of the domestic large cruise ship "Aida · Modu": Constantly moving towards realizing the dream of "shipbuilding power".

Source: Xinhua News Agency

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