Guangzhou Shipyard International Company Limited is engaged in the shipbuilding industry. The principal business of the Company includes shipbuilding, steel structure engineering, and other mechanical and electrical equipment. In addition to large vessels, the Company’s products include steel structure’s manufacturing, coating and erecting for bridges and high-rise construction and large-size pipe, manufacturing and installing of passenger/goods lift, foils and studs for hydrofoil, port machinery, hydraulic machines, production line for external painted steel plates of refrigeration, and design and manufacturing of crane machinery. As of December 31, 2008, the Company operated in two segments: shipbuilding, and steel structure and other manufacturing. The shipbuilding segment includes the construction and trading of vessels. The steel structure and other manufacturing segment include the manufacturing and trading of steel structure, and mechanical and electrical equipment.