Deepening Cooperation to Explore New Blue Ocean: New Zealand Ambassador to China Visits Jianglong Shipbuilding for Exchange

On June 10, 2026, Jonathan Sinclair, Ambassador of New Zealand to China, led a delegation to visit Jianglong Shipbuilding Technology Co., Ltd. for in-depth inspection and exchanges. Relevant officials from the Consulate General of New Zealand in Guangzhou, the Foreign Affairs Bureau of Zhongshan Municipal Party Committee and the Party Committee of Shenwan Town accompanied the visit. This event serves as an important communication bridge to advance in-depth cooperation between the shipbuilding industries of the two countries.

During the exchange session, Xi Fangyuan, Director and Deputy General Manager of Jianglong Shipbuilding, extended a warm welcome to the delegation and introduced the company’s core strengths. As a benchmark enterprise in China’s high-performance custom vessels and new energy eco-friendly ship sector, Jianglong Shipbuilding devotes itself to ship R&D and manufacturing. Its business covers official service vessels, coastal cultural tourism vessels, special operation vessels and other major segments. The company provides one-stop services ranging from design and R&D, precision manufacturing to full-life-cycle after-sales support, and has built a well-recognized brand of Chinese high-performance vessels.

Jianglong Shipbuilding has long kept a close eye on New Zealand’s marine vessel market. Endowed with abundant marine economic resources and a mature coastal cultural tourism industry, New Zealand boasts strong industrial complementarity with Jianglong Shipbuilding, especially in eco-friendly ships and marine engineering equipment, laying a solid foundation for extensive cooperation. The enterprise expects to take this exchange as a new starting point to strengthen mutual trust. It will promote bilateral cooperation from initial communication to project-oriented and tangible in-depth collaboration. Leveraging the platform of the New Zealand Embassy in China, Jianglong Shipbuilding aims to explore cross-border cooperation opportunities and achieve win-win results and coordinated development.

Ambassador Jonathan Sinclair spoke highly of Jianglong Shipbuilding’s outstanding R&D capabilities and market competitiveness. He stated that New Zealand features a complete supply chain for marine equipment and robust market demand for high-end vessels, which perfectly aligns with Jianglong Shipbuilding’s development positioning. The ambassador added that this visit will establish a regular communication mechanism between the two sides and break down barriers to cross-border cooperation. Moving forward, the New Zealand Embassy in China will act as a key link to facilitate profound cooperation in ship R&D, product adaptation, technical exchanges and market implementation, supporting Jianglong Shipbuilding to further expand its presence in New Zealand and the broader Oceania region.