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Dalian Liaonan Shipyard

Dalian Liaonan Shipyard is a Chinese naval and commercial shipyard in Lushunkou, Dalian, associated in open sources with the PLA Navy's No. 4810 Factory and the historic Port Arthur/Lushun shipyard area. Public reporting identifies the yard as a participant in China's Type 056 and Type 056A Jiangdao-class corvette production program and as a repair, conversion, and maintenance facility for a wide range of PLAN surface ships, submarines, landing ships, and auxiliaries.

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Open-source coverage presents Liaonan as a smaller Dalian-area yard distinct from the main Dalian shipyard that handled China's carrier and larger combatant work. Its importance comes from the way it blends military repair infrastructure with serial construction of smaller combatants. GlobalSecurity describes a state enterprise at the Lushun/Port Arthur site with shipbuilding, floating-device manufacturing, ship repair, conversion, and mechanical-parts work, while Naval News places it directly adjacent to the PLAN's Lushun Naval Base.

The yard's public record is clearest around small surface combatants. USNI Proceedings lists Liaonan in Dalian among the four shipyards that built the 72 PLAN Type 056 and Type 056A corvettes, and GlobalSecurity separately notes LiaoNan participation in Type 056 production while also describing earlier Type 022 fast-attack-craft work. Civil-sector sources also connect Dalian Liaonan to dredger construction, including IHC Merwede's China-market cutter-suction dredger partnership.

Naval shipbuildingNaval vessel repair and conversionPLAN combatant and auxiliary maintenanceDredgers and offshore support vessels

Notable Systems

Type 056 / Type 056A Jiangdao-class corvette, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy corvette and anti-submarine-warfare corvette family, Naval Systems

Type 056 / Type 056A Jiangdao-class corvette

Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy corvette and anti-submarine-warfare corvette family

USNI Proceedings lists Liaonan in Dalian among the four shipyards that built the PLAN's Type 056 and Type 056A Jiangdao corvettes, with 72 PLAN hulls delivered across the program.

Sources: China's Jiangdao-class Corvette: Mainstay of the First Island Chain, Jiangdao Type-056 Frigate/Corvette (FFL) - Program
Type 022 / Houbei-class missile boat, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy catamaran missile boat class, Naval Systems

Type 022 / Houbei-class missile boat

Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy catamaran missile boat class

GlobalSecurity describes the LiaoNan yard as a smaller Dalian repair-oriented yard that also built some Type 022 fast attack craft before its Type 056 corvette work.

Sources: Jiangdao Type-056 Frigate/Corvette (FFL) - Program

Manufacturer History

  1. Historic Lushun shipyard site established

    GlobalSecurity gives the Dalian, Liaoning South Shipyard founding date as 1896, while noting that some references use 1883 for the Port Arthur/Lushun yard lineage.

    Sources: Liao Nan Shipyard / Dalian Liaoning South Shipyard / (4810 Shipyard)

  2. Import and export rights reported

    GlobalSecurity describes Liaonan as a large state enterprise that gained import and export rights in 1994, supporting overseas repair and commercial-vessel work as well as domestic shipbuilding.

    Sources: Liao Nan Shipyard / Dalian Liaoning South Shipyard / (4810 Shipyard)

  3. IHC Merwede dredger partnership publicized

    Baird Maritime reported IHC Merwede's launch of the China-market IHC 8527MP cutter-suction dredger and quoted the company describing the vessels as products of its partnership with Dalian Liaonan Shipyard.

    Sources: Launch of Chinese-made IHC 8527MP

  4. Type 056 production at Liaonan reported

    GlobalSecurity reported that a Type 056 corvette was launched at the LiaoNan shipyard in Dalian in 2013; USNI Proceedings later identified Liaonan as one of four shipyards in the Jiangdao production run.

    Sources: Jiangdao Type-056 Frigate/Corvette (FFL) - Program, China's Jiangdao-class Corvette: Mainstay of the First Island Chain

  5. New stealthy surface-combatant design observed

    Naval News reported that an unknown corvette- or light-frigate-sized vessel had emerged at Liaonan, describing the yard as adjacent to Lushun Naval Base and active in PLAN maintenance work.

    Sources: Stealthy New Warship Design Emerging at Shipyard in China

Website links
Dredgepoint shipyard listingGlobalSecurity facility overviewNaval News 2023 Liaonan report

Public English-language sourcing is strongest for the yard's location, ship repair role, Type 056/056A production participation, Type 022 attribution, and selected civil dredger work. Corporate hierarchy and exact founding lineage vary across open references, so those fields are stated with caveats.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Liao Nan Shipyard / Dalian Liaoning South Shipyard / (4810 Shipyard)Publisher: GlobalSecurity.org | Note: Supports alternate names, Lushun/Dalian location, founding-date caveat, state-enterprise context, business lines, ship repair/conversion role, docks, import/export rights, and civil/commercial vessel work. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Jiangdao Type-056 Frigate/Corvette (FFL) - ProgramPublisher: GlobalSecurity.org | Note: Supports LiaoNan participation in Type 056 production and the source-backed note that the Dalian yard had also built some Type 022 fast attack craft. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • China's Jiangdao-class Corvette: Mainstay of the First Island ChainPublisher: U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings | Note: Supports Jiangdao-class production by four shipyards including Liaonan in Dalian, the nine-year production run, 72 PLAN hulls, and the Type 056/056A split. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Stealthy New Warship Design Emerging at Shipyard in ChinaPublisher: Naval News | Note: Supports Liaonan's location adjacent to Lushun Naval Base, its Type 056/056A participation, PLAN maintenance role, and the 2023 observation of a new unidentified surface-combatant or test-platform design. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Dalian Liaonan ShipyardPublisher: Dredgepoint | Note: Supports the public shipyard listing, Lushunkou/Dalian address, active-status listing, DSIC website contact, and Dalian-area state shipbuilding context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Launch of Chinese-made IHC 8527MPPublisher: Baird Maritime | Note: Supports the civil-sector IHC Merwede cutter-suction dredger partnership with Dalian Liaonan Shipyard. | Accessed: 2026-07-11

Produced weapons

Category

Naval Systems

Warships, submarines, unmanned surface vessels, naval craft, and maritime combat systems.

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Type 022 / Houbei-class missile boat, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy catamaran missile boat class, Naval SystemsType 022 / Houbei-class missile boatChinese People's Liberation Army Navy catamaran missile boat classBuilt in: ChinaThe Type 022 or Houbei-class is a Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy catamaran missile boat built around fast littoral anti-ship attack. Public references describe a wave-piercing, radar-signature-reduced hull carrying eight YJ-83 anti-ship missiles, a 30 mm H/PJ-13 or AK-630-derived gun, waterjet propulsion, and enough sensors for local engagements while relying on wider PLAN targeting networks for longer-range missile employment.
Type 056 / Type 056A Jiangdao-class corvette, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy corvette and anti-submarine-warfare corvette family, Naval SystemsSouth China Sea DisputesType 056 / Type 056A Jiangdao-class corvetteChinese People's Liberation Army Navy corvette and anti-submarine-warfare corvette familyBuilt in: People's Republic of ChinaThe Type 056 / Type 056A Jiangdao-class corvette is a Chinese corvette family built in large numbers for littoral patrol, escort, surface warfare, and coastal anti-submarine work. The baseline Type 056 carried a 76 mm gun, YJ-83 anti-ship missiles, point-defense missiles, and torpedo tubes, while the Type 056A added towed-array and variable-depth sonar; the class has also appeared in South China Sea dispute patrol incidents.