# East Asia Brief — Shipbuilding & Defense: China

Yards, order books, naval programs and the defense-industrial partnerships forming across the region.

- [Chinese shipyards apply commercial mega-block assembly to naval replenishment hulls](https://eastasiabrief.com/shipbuilding/chinese-shipyards-apply-commercial-mega-block-assembly-naval-replenishme-90) — CSSC subsidiary COMEC cuts dry dock occupancy to under six months for a 271-meter auxiliary at Longxue, transferring commercial tanker methods to fleet… *(August 28, 2026; Shipbuilding · China · China State Shipbuilding Corporation, CSSC Offshore & Marine Engineering Group)*
- [China State Shipyards Reconfigure Dry Docks for Dual-Fuel Mega-Boxships](https://eastasiabrief.com/shipbuilding/china-state-shipyards-reconfigure-dry-docks-dual-fuel-mega-60) — Jiangnan Shipyard and Hudong-Zhonghua retool berths and dock infrastructure to compress build cycles for 24,000 TEU alternative-fuel container vessels. *(August 28, 2026; Shipbuilding · China · China State Shipbuilding Corporation, Jiangnan Shipyard, Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding)*
- [CSSC Reallocates Yard Drydocks to Accelerate Large Containership Output](https://eastasiabrief.com/shipbuilding/cssc-reallocates-yard-drydocks-accelerate-large-containership-output-39) — China State Shipbuilding Corporation shifts chemical tanker builds to southern docks to clear Changxing Island berths for high-capacity dual-fuel container… *(August 28, 2026; Shipbuilding · China · China State Shipbuilding Corporation, China CSSC Holdings, Guangzhou Shipyard International, Jiangnan Shipyard)*

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