Manufacturer catalog

Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding

Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding is a Shanghai-based China State Shipbuilding Corporation subsidiary whose public record spans commercial ship construction, LNG-carrier specialization, and major People's Liberation Army Navy surface-ship programs. Open sources identify the yard with Chinese frigates, landing ships, Type 054A frigates, Type 071 amphibious transport docks, and Type 075 landing helicopter docks.

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Hudong-Zhonghua operates in China's dense Shanghai shipbuilding cluster, where commercial and naval construction sit close together along the Huangpu and Yangtze River industrial waterfronts. Maritime directories and defense reporting describe the company as part of CSSC, with facilities and capacity for large merchant ships, ship repair, diesel-engine and steel-structure work, and complex naval production.

The manufacturer is especially relevant to naval catalog records because independent defense analysis repeatedly links Hudong-Zhonghua to PLAN amphibious and escort-ship modernization. CSIS reporting identifies Type 054A frigates and the Type 075 amphibious assault ship as key Hudong-Zhonghua naval products, while ChinaPower satellite analysis in 2023 showed Type 075, Type 054A, and Type 054B activity at the yard.

Naval surface combatantsAmphibious warfare shipsLanding ships and transport docksLNG carriersLarge commercial ships

Notable Systems

Type 071 / Yuzhao-class amphibious transport dock, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy amphibious transport dock class, Naval Systems

Type 071 / Yuzhao-class amphibious transport dock

Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy amphibious transport dock class

A large PLAN amphibious transport dock class associated with Hudong-Zhonghua's landing-ship production lineage and already represented as a published catalog record.

Sources: China - Hudong Shipyard, China's Amphibious Apex: Type 075 Assault Ships
Type 075 / Yushen-class landing helicopter dock, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy amphibious assault ship or landing helicopter dock class, Naval Systems

Type 075 / Yushen-class landing helicopter dock

Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy amphibious assault ship or landing helicopter dock class

A large-deck amphibious assault ship class built at Hudong-Zhonghua, with open-source reporting describing rapid construction and follow-on hull activity at the Shanghai yard.

Sources: Tracking China's Naval Modernization at Key Shipyards, China's Amphibious Apex: Type 075 Assault Ships
Type 054A / Jiangkai II-class frigate, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy multi-role frigate class, Naval Systems

Type 054A / Jiangkai II-class frigate

Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy multi-role frigate class

A PLAN frigate class repeatedly identified in defense reporting as a Hudong-Zhonghua naval product and a visible part of recent yard activity.

Sources: China's Opaque Shipyards Should Raise Red Flags for Foreign Companies, Tracking China's Naval Modernization at Key Shipyards

Manufacturer History

  1. Shipbuilding lineage founded in Shanghai

    TrustedDocks lists Hudong-Zhonghua's founding year as 1927 and places the company in Shanghai, providing the long-running industrial baseline for the current CSSC subsidiary.

    Sources: CSSC - Drydock & Repair, Shanghai

  2. Hudong and Zhonghua merger described

    GlobalSecurity describes Hudong Shipyard and Zhonghua Shipyard as major Shanghai shipbuilders that were negotiating a merger by mid-2000, and presents Hudong-Zhonghua as the resulting CSSC-led enterprise.

    Sources: China - Hudong Shipyard

  3. Fourth-generation LNG carrier contract signed

    CSTC reported a contract ceremony involving Hudong-Zhonghua for three 174,000 cubic meter LNG carriers and described the ships as the company's fourth-generation LNG-carrier design.

    Sources: CSTC and Hudong-Zhonghua get order for 3 LNG ships

  4. Type 075 construction visible in satellite imagery

    ChinaPower reported October 2023 satellite imagery showing a Type 075 hull under construction at Hudong-Zhonghua, along with Type 054A and Type 054B frigate activity at the same shipyard.

    Sources: Tracking China's Naval Modernization at Key Shipyards

Predecessors
Hudong Shipbuilding GroupZhonghua Shipyard
Subsidiaries
Hudong Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd.Edward Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.
Website links
Official websiteTrustedDocks profileCSIS ChinaPower shipyard analysis

Hudong-Zhonghua is a state-owned CSSC shipyard with both civilian and naval work, and public detail on naval programs often comes from independent defense analysis rather than company disclosures. HeadquartersLocation is omitted because this pass used reliable headquarters-city and address sources but did not verify a source-backed map coordinate set. No rights-clear manufacturer-specific image was added.

Manufacturer Sources

  • CSSC - Drydock & Repair, ShanghaiPublisher: TrustedDocks | Note: Supports the Shanghai headquarters, CSSC parent-group context, founding year, official website reference, commercial shipyard capacity, and LNG/container/gas-carrier focus. | Accessed: 2026-07-04
  • China's Opaque Shipyards Should Raise Red Flags for Foreign CompaniesPublisher: Center for Strategic and International Studies | Note: Supports the CSSC-subsidiary context, mixed commercial and naval shipbuilding role, and identification of Type 054A and Type 075 as Hudong-Zhonghua naval products. | Accessed: 2026-07-04
  • Tracking China's Naval Modernization at Key ShipyardsPublisher: ChinaPower / Center for Strategic and International Studies | Note: Supports recent Type 075 construction activity at Hudong-Zhonghua, observed Type 054A and Type 054B frigate activity, and the yard's role in PLAN modernization. | Accessed: 2026-07-04
  • China's Amphibious Apex: Type 075 Assault ShipsPublisher: Proceedings / U.S. Naval Institute | Note: Supports the Type 075 construction timeline at Hudong-Zhonghua and the class's relationship to earlier Type 071 amphibious ships. | Accessed: 2026-07-04
  • China - Hudong ShipyardPublisher: GlobalSecurity.org | Note: Supports the Pudong/Huangpu River shipyard context, CSSC relationship, merger history, predecessor names, subsidiaries, military and merchant shipbuilding scope, and Type 071-linked landing-ship lineage. | Accessed: 2026-07-04
  • CSTC and Hudong-Zhonghua get order for 3 LNG shipsPublisher: China Shipbuilding Trading Co., Ltd. | Note: Supports Hudong-Zhonghua's LNG-carrier business, the 2020 contract ceremony, and fourth-generation 174,000 cubic meter LNG-carrier design details. | Accessed: 2026-07-04

Produced weapons

Category

Naval Systems

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

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Type 075 / Yushen-class landing helicopter dock, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy amphibious assault ship or landing helicopter dock class, Naval SystemsSouth China Sea DisputesType 075 / Yushen-class landing helicopter dockChinese People's Liberation Army Navy amphibious assault ship or landing helicopter dock classBuilt in: ChinaThe Type 075, also known as the Yushen-class, is a Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy landing helicopter dock class that gives China a large-deck amphibious aviation platform above the earlier Type 071 transport dock. Hudong-Zhonghua-built ships in the class combine helicopter spots, aircraft elevators, a hangar, vehicle space, and a well deck for landing craft, with source-backed dispute-context deployments and training in the South China Sea.
Type 071 / Yuzhao-class amphibious transport dock, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy amphibious transport dock class, Naval SystemsType 071 / Yuzhao-class amphibious transport dockChinese People's Liberation Army Navy amphibious transport dock classBuilt in: ChinaThe Type 071, known to NATO as the Yuzhao-class, is a Chinese amphibious transport dock class built by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding for large-deck sealift, well-dock operations, and helicopter-supported marine deployments. It moved the PLAN beyond older tank-landing ships by combining Type 726 LCAC capacity, Z-8 helicopter facilities, vehicle decks, and expeditionary support space, and it became an export design through Thailand's Type 071E HTMS Chang.
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.
Type 054 / Jiangkai I-class frigate, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy guided-missile frigate class, Naval Systems2008 Somali Piracy / Operation AtalantaType 054 / Jiangkai I-class frigateChinese People's Liberation Army Navy guided-missile frigate classBuilt in: People's Republic of ChinaThe Type 054 / Jiangkai I-class frigate is the two-ship first generation of China's Jiangkai guided-missile frigate family, built at Shanghai and Guangzhou for the People's Liberation Army Navy before production shifted to the more capable Type 054A. Public sources identify Ma'anshan and Wenzhou as 2005-commissioned ships with YJ-83 anti-ship missiles, HQ-7 point air defense, AK-630 close-in guns, light torpedo tubes, and helicopter facilities; both hulls are documented in Chinese counter-piracy escort deployments in the Gulf of Aden and Somali waters.
Type 054A / Jiangkai II-class frigate, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy multi-role frigate class, Naval SystemsType 054A / Jiangkai II-class frigateChinese People's Liberation Army Navy multi-role frigate classBuilt in: People's Republic of ChinaThe Type 054A / Jiangkai II-class frigate is a Chinese multi-role guided-missile frigate class that developed the two-ship Type 054 design into a serial PLAN escort with medium-range vertical-launch air defense, anti-ship missiles, anti-submarine weapons, and helicopter facilities. Later batches and export derivatives kept the same basic escort concept while changing sensors, close-in defenses, aviation support, and customer-specific weapons.
Type 072 / 072A / 072B / 072II / 072III landing ship, Tank landing ship family, Naval SystemsType 072 / 072A / 072B / 072II / 072III landing shipTank landing ship familyBuilt in: ChinaThe Type 072 family is a Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy tank landing ship line used for beachable amphibious lift, vehicle transport, and near-seas logistics. It evolved from the original 1970s Type 072 into Type 072II, Type 072III, Type 072A, and Type 072B batches, with later ships adding stern access, helicopter-deck facilities, improved armament, and larger vehicle/troop loads while remaining simpler than China's Type 071 dock landing ships and Type 075 landing helicopter docks.