55 ships! In 2022, the "report card" of China's shipbuilding industry was released, and China made a breakthrough in the ordering and delivery of global large liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers, with the total global orders accounting for more than 30%, a record high. Behind this is the efforts of the shipbuilding industry, which is also a vivid portrayal of the continuous development of China's economy and scientific and technological level. LNG ships are known as one of the "three jewels in the crown of shipbuilding industry". What is the significance of seizing the LNG ship market for China's economic development? As an important participant in global energy transport, the demand for LNG ships in the international market has soared, and Chinese shipbuilding enterprises have seized the opportunity. In 2022, China's shipbuilding industry's shipbuilding completion, new orders and orders in hand account for 47.3%, 55.2% and 49.0% of the global total in deadweight tons, respectively. This achievement shows the strength of Chinese manufacturing. In the field of high-end shipbuilding, China's shipbuilding industry has also embarked on a "new track". With a total length of 333 meters and a moulded width of 60 meters, it uses LNG as the main fuel, is equipped with LNG dual-fuel main engine, generator and boiler, and is listed in the CCS single ship classification, and is awarded the additional mark of Natural Gas Fuel. This "big guy" in red and blue color is the world's first LNG dual-fuel super-large crude oil ship "Yuanruiyang", which was completed and delivered last year. "In the context of the global energy transformation, the application of LNG as the main fuel in the super-large crude oil ships promoted by China Shipbuilding Group will play a positive demonstration and leading role for the energy conservation and emission reduction of large ships and the shipping industry to help 'carbon peak' and 'carbon neutral'." The builder of the "Yuanruiyang" ship and the relevant head of the Dalian Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Group under the China Shipbuilding Group told the reporter. In 2022, Chinese shipping enterprises will undertake 55 orders of large LNG carriers throughout the year. "This achievement has broken the large-scale monopoly of LNG carrier construction market by builders in a few countries, and opened a new stage of full competitive development in the global gas carrier field," Li Yanqing, secretary general of China Shipbuilding Industry Association, told reporters. Before 2008, China did not have a self-built and designed LNG ship. For a long time, Korean shipping enterprises have occupied an absolute leading position in the international LNG carrier market. In 2008, Hudong China Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China Shipping Group, built and delivered China's first domestic large LNG carrier "Dapeng Hao", becoming a "breaker". At present, Hudong China has accumulated nearly 50 orders. "China's LNG ships have achieved a rapid development of catching up, iterative innovation, constantly narrowing the gap with international peers, and steadily seizing opportunities in the explosive growth of global LNG ship orders," said Song Wei, chief engineer of Hudong China. Li Yanqing said that since the beginning of 2022, the demand for LNG carriers in the international market has increased sharply, and the emerging shipbuilding market has ushered in a climax of ordering LNG carriers, which provides market access opportunities for Chinese shipping enterprises ready to receive orders. In March 2022, Jiangnan Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd. and Dalian Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Group Co., Ltd. of China Shipping Group won the first large LNG carrier order respectively, and officially entered the construction of LNG carrier ships