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Engine Manufacturing in China - Market Research Report (2014-2029)

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Revenue

$47.2bn

2024

$47.2bn

Past 5-Year Growth

Profit

$X.Xbn

Employees

226k

Businesses

682

Wages

$X.Xbn

Engine Manufacturing in China industry analysis

China's economic growth has driven demand for the machinery manufacturing industries in recent years. The rapid development of many downstream sectors, including engineering machinery, farming machinery and traffic engineering, contributed to the development of the Engine Manufacturing industry in China. Industry revenue is expected to increase at an annualized 6.3% over the five years through 2024, to $47.2 billion. This includes growth of 2.9% in the current year.
The industry insists on research and development to improve product performance, which increases the added value of products. Industry profits will improve overall in the future. Industry profit is expected to total 9.6% of revenue in 2024. The industry demand for high-end technical talents will increase, and the low-end labor force will decrease, which will lead to the increase of per capita wages in the industry. Total wages are expected to rise by an annualized 4.3% over the five years through 2024, to $2.5 billion.
Industry revenue is forecast to increase at an annualized 4.0% over the five years through 2029, to $57.4 billion. Steady increases in domestic and foreign demand are anticipated to largely drive growth. With the implementation of the national new infrastructure policy, it will promote the R&D and production of various high-end equipment products in China. The demand for engine products will increase as well.
The import and export trade of the industry showed good development. The export market is expected to grow at an average rate of 3.5% in the next five years while the import market will increase at a CAGR of 1.7%, to $13.6 billion.
Increasing environmental concerns will likely increase demand for with high-quality, energy-saving products. Engine Manufacturing in China should accelerate efforts to improve thermal efficiency by relying on AI and big data. In addition, alternative fuels like natural gas and oil will help the development of engine manufacturing industry. In the future, with the continuous upgrading of national emission standards, improving the technical level of engines and developing clean green power will become an important direction of future industry development.

Trends and Insights

  • Policy support has driven the overall level of the industry. Supporting policies help industry enterprises to introduce advanced technology and resources, which is conducive to improving the overall manufacturing level.
  • Fuel engines are the most important products in the industry. Fuel engine has a long history and rich experience so that it is widely used in various scenarios.
  • Industry enterprises are mainly distributed in areas with manufacturing clusters. Industry enterprises in these areas can more quickly and easily access raw materials and advanced technology.
  • The market concentration of the industry is medium. The head company has advanced manufacturing technology and rich experience, and can carry out large-scale production, which attracts many customers.

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Industry Statistics and Trends

Market size and recent performance (2014-2029)

Industry revenue has grown at a CAGR of 6.3 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $47.2bn in 2024.

Trends and Insights

The development of the ship industry has promoted the industry demand

  • China's ship market share has been the world's first for many years. In 2023, China's new orders accounted for 66.6% of the world's total, and the international competitiveness of the industry has been continuously enhanced.
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Engine Manufacturing in China
Revenue (2014-2029)
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Industry outlook (2024-2029)

Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.

Trends and Insights

The industry will continue to innovate in response to energy conservation and emission reduction policies

  • With the strengthening of environmental regulations and increasingly stringent emission standards, technological innovation of engines has become one of the research focuses of industry enterprises. The Government is also actively promoting new energy sources to replace industry demand.

Biggest companies in the Engine Manufacturing in China

Company
Market Share (%)
2024
Revenue ($m)
2024
China Shipbuilding Industry Group Power Co., Ltd.
6,642.5
Zhejiang Xinchai Co., Ltd.
350.4
Power HF Co., Ltd.
204.3

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Products & Services Segmentation

Engine Manufacturing in China
Products & Services
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Fuel engines, Alternative fuel engines and Engine components. Fuel engines is the largest segment of the Engine Manufacturing in China.

Trends and Insights

The advanced technology of the fuel engine has kept its demand stable

  • Fuel engines are engines that generate power by burning conventional fossil fuels and are widely used in ships, cranes, lifting equipment, and other machinery.
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Table of Contents

About this industry

Industry definition

The Engine Manufacturing industry in China manufactures rotary, spark-ignition, and compression-ignition internal combustion engines and fittings for mobile or fixed usage. Aircraft, automobile and motorcycle engines are not included in the industry.

What's included in this industry?

Fuel enginesAlternative fuel enginesEngine components

Companies

China Shipbuilding Industry Group Power Co., Ltd.Zhejiang Xinchai Co., Ltd.Power HF Co., Ltd.

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Related Terms

RECIPROCATING ENGINEROTARY ENGINECOMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINESPARK-IGNITION ENGINE

Performance

Get an indication of the industry's health through historical, current and forward-looking trends in the performance indicators that make or break businesses.

Analyst insights

Policy support has driven the overall level of the industry. Supporting policies help industry enterprises to introduce advanced technology and resources, which is conducive ...

In this chapter (4)

  • Current Performance
  • Outlook
  • Volatility
  • Life Cycle

Key metrics

  • Annual Revenue, Recent Growth, Forecast, Revenue Volatility
  • Number of Employees, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Employee
  • Number of Businesses, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Business
  • Total Profit, Profit Margin, Profit per Business

Charts

  • Revenue, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Employees, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Businesses, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Profit, including historical (2014-2024)
  • Industry Volatility vs. Revenue Growth
  • Industry Life Cycle

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in supply, demand and current events that are driving current industry performance
  • Expected trends, economic factors and ongoing events that drive the industry's outlook
  • Key success factors for businesses to overcome volatility
  • How contribution to GDP, industry saturation, innovation, consolidation, and technology and systems influence the industry's life cycle phase.

Products and Markets

Learn about an industry's products and services, markets and trends in international trade.

Analyst insight

Fuel engines are the most important products in the industry. Fuel engine has a long history and rich experience so that it is widely used in various scenarios.

In this chapter

  • Products & Services
  • Major Markets
  • International Trade

Key metrics

  • Largest market segment and value in 2024
  • Product innovation level
  • Total imports, level and trend
  • Total exports, level and trend
  • Trade Balance

Charts

  • Products & services segmentation in 2024
  • Major market segmentation in 2024
  • International trade, including imports by country and exports by country

Detailed analysis

  • Trends impacting the recent performance of the industry's various segments
  • Innovations in the industry's product or service offering, specialization or delivery method
  • Key factors that successful businesses consider in their offerings
  • Buying segments and key trends influencing demand for industry products and services
  • Recent trends in import and export volumes, country of origin or destination, and expected future trends

Geographic Breakdown

Discover where business activity is most concentrated in an industry and the factors driving these trends to find opportunities and conduct regional benchmarking.

Analyst insights

Industry enterprises are mainly distributed in areas with manufacturing clusters. Industry enterprises in these areas can more quickly and easily access raw materials and adv...

In this chapter (1)

  • Business Locations

Charts

  • Share of revenue, establishment, wages and employment in each region
  • Share of population compared to establishments in each region in 2024

Tables

  • Number and share of establishments in each region in 2024
  • Number and share of revenue each region accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of wages each region accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of employees in each region in 2024

Detailed analysis

  • Geographic spread of the industry across Asia Pacific, and trends associated with changes in the business landscape
  • Key success factors for businesses to use location to their advantage

Competitive Forces

Get data and insights on what's driving competition in an industry and the challenges industry operators and new entrants may face, with analysis built around Porter's Five Forces framework.

Analyst insights

The market concentration of the industry is medium. The head company has advanced manufacturing technology and rich experience, and can carry out large-scale production, whic...

In this chapter (4)

  • Concentration
  • Barriers to Entry
  • Substitutes
  • Buyer & Supplier Analysis

Key metrics

  • Industry concentration level
  • Industry competition level and trend
  • Barriers to entry level and trend
  • Substitutes level and trend
  • Buyer power level and trend
  • Supplier power level and trend

Charts

  • Market share concentration among the top 4 suppliers from 2019-2024
  • Supply chain including upstream supplying industries and downstream buying industries, flow chart

Detailed analysis

  • Factors impacting the industry’s level of concentration, such as business distribution, new entrants, or merger and acquisition activity.
  • Key success factors for businesses to manage the competitive environment of the industry.
  • Challenges that potential industry entrants face such as legal, start-up costs, differentiation, labor/capital intensity and capital expenses.
  • Key success factors for potential entrants to overcome barriers to entry.
  • Competitive threats from potential substitutes for the industry’s own products and services.
  • Key success factors for how successful businesses can compete with substitutes.
  • Advantages that buyers have to keep favorable purchasing conditions.
  • Advantages that suppliers have to maintain favorable selling conditions.
  • Key success factors for how businesses can navigate buyer and supplier power.

Companies

Learn about the performance of the top companies in the industry.

Analyst insights

Major enterprises focus on product research and development. Major enterprises have strong parent companies that can provide advanced innovation capabilities and technical re...

In this chapter

  • Market Share Concentration
  • Companies
  • Company Spotlights

Charts

  • Industry market share by company in 2020 through 2024
  • Major companies in the industry, including market share, revenue, profit and profit margin in 2024
  • Overview of China Shipbuilding Industry Group Power Co., Ltd.'s performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of Zhejiang Xinchai Co., Ltd.'s performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of Power HF Co., Ltd.'s performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of revenue, market share and profit margin trend for 2 additional companies

Detailed analysis

  • Description and key data for China Shipbuilding Industry Group Power Co., Ltd., and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Zhejiang Xinchai Co., Ltd., and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Power HF Co., Ltd., and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description, key data and performance trends for 2 additional companies

External Environment

Understand the demographic, economic and regulatory factors that shape how businesses in an industry perform.   

Analyst insights

The Government has tightened requirements for engines made by industry enterprises. To promote environmental protection policies, the Government has raised the standards for ...

In this chapter

  • External Drivers
  • Regulation & Policy
  • Assistance

Key metrics

  • Regulation & policy level and trend
  • Assistance level and trend

Charts

  • Regulation & Policy historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 
  • Assistance historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 

Detailed analysis

  • Demographic and macroeconomic factors influencing the industry, including Regulation & Policy and Assistance
  • Major types of regulations, regulatory bodies, industry standards or specific regulations impacting requirements for industry operators
  • Key governmental and non-governmental groups or policies that may provide some relief for industry operators.

Financial Benchmarks

View average costs for industry operators and compare financial data against an industry's financial benchmarks over time. 

Analyst insights

Industry margins have fluctuated over the past few years. Fierce competition in the market and rising research costs squeezed profit margins.

In this chapter

  • Cost Structure
  • Financial Ratios
  • Key Ratios

Key metrics

  • Profit margin, and how it compares to the sector-wide margin
  • Average wages, and how it compares to the sector-wide average wage
  • Largest cost component as a percentage of revenue
  • Industry average ratios for days' receivables, industry coverage and debt-to-net-worth ratio

Charts

  • Average industry operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
  • Average sector operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
  • Investment vs. share of economy

Data tables

  • Cash Flow & Debt Service Ratios (2014-2029)
  • Revenue per Employee (2014-2029)
  • Revenue per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • Employees per Establishment (2014-2029)
  • Employees per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • Average Wage (2014-2029)
  • Wages/Revenue (2014-2029)
  • Establishments per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • IVA/Revenue (2014-2029)
  • Imports/Demand (2014-2029)
  • Exports/Revenue (2014-2029)

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in the cost component for industry operators and their impact on industry costs and profitability 

Key Statistics

Industry Data

Data Tables

Including values and annual change:

  • Revenue (2014-2029)
  • IVA (2014-2029)
  • Establishments (2014-2029)
  • Enterprises (2014-2029)
  • Employment (2014-2029)
  • Exports (2014-2029)
  • Imports (2014-2029)
  • Wages (2014-2029)

Top Questions Answered

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What is the market size of the Engine Manufacturing industry in China in 2024?

The market size of the Engine Manufacturing industry in China is $47.2bn in 2024.

How many businesses are there in the Engine Manufacturing in China industry in 2024?

There are 682 businesses in the Engine Manufacturing industry in China, which has grown at a CAGR of 3.6 % between 2019 and 2024.

Has the Engine Manufacturing industry in China grown or declined over the past 5 years?

The market size of the Engine Manufacturing industry in China has been growing at a CAGR of 6.3 % between 2019 and 2024.

What is the forecast growth of the Engine Manufacturing industry in China over the next 5 years?

Over the next five years, the Engine Manufacturing industry in China is expected to grow.

What are the biggest companies in the Engine Manufacturing market in China?

The biggest companies operating in the Engine Manufacturing market in China are China Shipbuilding Industry Group Power Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Xinchai Co., Ltd. and Power HF Co., Ltd.

What does the Engine Manufacturing in China include?

Fuel engines and Alternative fuel engines are part of the Engine Manufacturing industry.

Which companies have the highest market share in the Engine Manufacturing in China?

The company holding the most market share in China is China Shipbuilding Industry Group Power Co., Ltd..

How competitive is the Engine Manufacturing industry in China?

The level of competition is high and steady in the Engine Manufacturing industry in China.

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