In 2010, the industrial value of Nantong Jiangsu reached CNY112.5bn ($17bn) while sales value hit CNY111.2bn ($16.7bn). Nantong contributed a lot to Jiangsu’s crown of China, in terms of output, order intakes and orderbook.

With high speed growth in Chinese coastal area and Yangtze River Delta Region, the ship industry of Nantong developed rapidly. With amazing figure growth in 2010, the output of shipbuilding reached 8.07m dwt and offshore project hit complex ton. Both totaled 119.6bn GRT.

Currently, there were nearly 600 medium and large shipyards in Nantong. The orderbook achieved around 400 units of 30m dwt, which occupied over 40% of Jiangsu. The orderbooks of large shipyards were extended to 2012. In 2010, the offshore engineering research and development center of COSCO Nantong shipyard was approved by Chinese government. It was the first national-level enterprise technology center in Nantong. Meanwhile, the offshore engineering base of Nantong became the country's model base as well.

As the largest shipbuilding city of Jiangsu, Nantong pushed provincial ship industry climbing up month by month. As is known, the output, order intakes and orderbook of Jiangsu all crowed China in 2010.