Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company has a history of more than 100 years. • June, 1898: Russia started construction of a ship yard next to
Dalian Port, in their new
leased territory • 1905: Japan replaced Russia to lease Dalian and continued to expand the ship yard • 1945: The
Soviet Union liberates Manchuria and shared the operations of Dalian Shipyard with China. • 1955: Became "China Shipbuilding Company", managed by China : During the 1960s, built China's first
submarine equipped with
guided missiles :During the 1970s, built China's first
destroyer equipped with
guided missiles • July, 1984: Spun off Dalian Maritime Diesel Company (DMDC) and other subsidiaries • August, 1990: Dalian New Shipyard was completed in the west of the old ship yard :During the 1990s, with help from
Hitachi Shipbuilding Corporation (now part of
Universal Shipbuilding Corporation) and others, introduced the "block construction" method, reducing the ship building time and cost • August, 2000: Dalian New Ship Yard was incorporated as Dalian New Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd. • April, 2002: Dalian New Ship Yard was incorporated as Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd. • 2005: Under the directive of the
China State Council, these two companies merged to become Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd. • 2009: The former
Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag was converted to the
People's Liberation Army Navy's
aircraft carrier Liaoning for training. • 2014: Converted the Chinese aircraft carrier
Liaoning from training aircraft carrier to active combat ready aircraft carrier • 2013-2017: Built first indigenous Chinese aircraft carrier
Shandong ==See also==