Exhibition-goers exchange ideas with each other. [Photo/Nantong Daily]

International participants of the ongoing 2024 Nantong Marine Engineering Industry Exhibition are optimistic about the shipbuilding and marine engineering industry in Nantong, Jiangsu province.

The exhibition drew the participation of international industry players from 11 countries and regions, such as Finland, the Netherlands, and France, who expect further cooperation with the Chinese city.

Exhibition-goers pose for a photo. [Photo/Nantong Daily]

Mikael Hemniti Winther, consul general of the Kingdom of Denmark in Shanghai, shared that China and Denmark boast expansive cooperation in green work and that the green work program between the two countries will promote the green development of the shipbuilding and marine engineering industry.

According to Winther, the marine engineering industry plays a vital role in Denmark's economic development, accounting for about 10 percent of the country's GDP and 17 percent of its foreign trade value.

Exhibit at the 2024 Nantong Marine Engineering Industry Exhibition. [Photo/Nantong Daily]

He revealed that the shipbuilding and marine engineering industry is an industrial calling card of Nantong, and participating Danish enterprises have ordered offshore wind turbine installation vessels and LNG vessels from the city.

Another foreign guest from an alliance of Finnish maritime enterprises in China explained that the Finnish participants were full of expectations. He also commented that the exhibition is a favorable platform for exchanges and cooperation in marine engineering.

Unveiled on Sept 12, the three-day Nantong exhibition features a themed conference and a 24,000-square-meter industrial exhibition with 411 exhibitors from home and abroad.