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Marintec China 2025: China Unveils First-Ever Shipbuilding CAE Industry Platform “Marine Wave”
On December 2, the China Shipbuilding CAE Industry Platform “Marine Wave”—developed by CSSC 702 Institute and Harbin Engineering University in concert with more than 20 domestic partners—made its world debut at Marintec China 2025.
GAO Dongsheng, Chief Economist of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT); XU Peng, Chairman of CSSC; YIN Jingwei, President of HEU; and YE Cong, Director of CSSC 702 Institute jointly officiated the launch, presided over by MA Yunxiang, Assistant President of CSSC & Director-General for International Cooperation.
Positioned as the first global platform to merge full-life-cycle performance prediction, contractual design and digital plan approval in a single environment, “Marine Wave” delivers an end-to-end CAE solution for the entire lifespan of a ship. Years of joint R&D by HEU, CSSC 702 Institute, China Classification Society, CSSC 708 Institute and other institutions have yielded a unified digital-and-solver foundation that tightly couples structural, hydrodynamic, offshore-engineering, intelligent-forecasting, contractual-design and digital-approval modules—embedding them directly into mainstream ship-design workflows.
Validated by more than 15 design institutions and shipyards, the platform has already underpinned ten flagship projects—including the Adora Magic City cruise liner, very-large crude carriers and LNG carriers—shortening contractual-design cycles from months to weeks and accelerating plan-approval loops by over 50 percent.
During the show Professor XIA Guihua, Chief Scientist and Technical Director of “Marine Wave”, briefed Norway’s Minister of Trade and Industry, MIIT leadership and industry executives on the platform’s capabilities and impact—drawing strong international interest.
The China Shipbuilding CAE Industry Platform “Marine Wave” will continue to evolve along digital, networked and intelligent trajectories, offering global shipbuilders smarter, faster and more precise design tools and turning a new chapter in worldwide maritime innovation.