Guangxi plans to become southern China's shipbuilding base

Southeast China's Guangxi Autonomous Region government has given approval to the plan of developing itself into a shipbuilding base, Xinhua reported.
According to the plan, Guangxi will have a ship building capacity of two million deadweight tonnes by 2020 and an annual repairing capacity of 900 ships. Its shipbuilding dock will be able to build ships of 100,000 tonnes.
Guangxi boasts of 1,629 kilometres' coast line, which provides strong support in natural resources to its plan of developing shipbuilding industry. By 2010, the region's annual throughput is to reach 100 million tonnes in 2010 and 300 million tonnes in 2020.