China’s targeting of the maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding sectors for dominance

China has targeted the maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding sectors for dominance, both domestically and globally, through industrial planning over the last three decades. China has employed increasingly aggressive and specific targets in pursuing its dominance. In 2002, then- Premier Zhu Rongji expressed ambitions for China to become the world’s largest shipbuilder, and in 2003, Beijing declared shipbuilding a “pillar industry”.