On July 12th, multiple authoritative departments released statistical data for the first half of the year, with multiple indicators reaching new highs, highlighting the resilience and vitality of China's economic development. The three major indicators of China's shipbuilding industry continue to lead the world. On July 12th, the latest data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology showed that in the first half of the year, all three indicators of China's shipbuilding industry ranked first in the world. Among them, China's shipbuilding industry completed 21.13 million deadweight tons, an increase of 14.2% year-on-year; The new order volume was 37.67 million deadweight tons, a year-on-year increase of 67.7%; The number of handheld orders reached 123.77 million deadweight tons, an increase of 20.5% year-on-year. Li Yanqing, Secretary General of the China Shipbuilding Industry Association: In the first half of this year, China was the only country to achieve comprehensive growth in the three major indicators. In the first half of this year, China's new orders accounted for 72.6% of the international market share, indicating that the Chinese shipbuilding industry is gradually taking the initiative in the global market. The data also shows that in the first half of this year, the revenue of China's shipbuilding industry exceeded 150 billion yuan, with a profit margin of 4.1%, reaching a new high in 10 years. In the first half of the year, the number of major water conservancy projects newly started nationwide was the highest in history. According to data released by the Ministry of Water Resources on July 12th, there were 17600 new water conservancy projects in the country, with an investment scale of 720.8 billion yuan, an increase of 3707 compared to the same period last year, and an investment scale of 111.3 billion yuan. Among them, there are 1095 projects with an investment scale of over 100 million yuan, and the newly started major water conservancy projects are the highest in history during the same period. Zhang Xiangwei, Director of the Planning and Planning Department of the Ministry of Water Resources: Especially this year, 24 major water conservancy projects that focus on promoting preliminary work have started construction on schedule, accelerating the construction of national, regional, and provincial-level water network engineering systems. (New News Agency)