According to Hong Kong's South China Morning Post, Saad Sherida Al-Kabi, Qatar's Minister of State for energy Affairs and president and CEO of Qatar Energy, said on the 14th that Qatar and China have "great prospects" for cooperation in energy development, from liquefied natural gas (LNG) to renewable energy sectors to shipbuilding.

    "Our relations with Chinese parties and companies are very good," Mr. Saad said in Doha, the Qatari capital, according to the report. "In the past, all our ships came from Korean shipyards." "Right now, given the scale we want to build and the increase in China's shipbuilding capacity, we choose a Chinese shipyard," Mr. Saad said. Saad also said that his country is "very proud to have established relations with Chinese shipyards."

    Saad also described China's progress in renewable energy as "impressive," saying, "I think China will become an important player in the renewable energy sector." The report goes on to say that, according to Saad, the potential of the Chinese market means it can "cover everything you want to do".

    China State Shipbuilding Group announced on April 29 that the company and Qatar Energy Company held a signing ceremony for 18 ultra-large liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers, the world's largest 271,000 cubic meters, in Beijing on the same day, which marked that China's LNG carrier R & D, design and construction from large into the super-large field. High-end ship research and development design capability to the world's leading goal.

    Saad said that the contract set a record for the highest value of a single new ship order and was a historic breakthrough. Behind the world's largest order is the meteoric rise of China's shipbuilding industry. It is understood that LNG carriers are recognized as one of the most difficult ship types in the world to build, and are one of the three "crown jewels" of the world shipbuilding industry.

    In November last year, China's first domestically produced large cruise ship "Aida Modu" was officially named and delivered, marking that China has become a "three pearl" in the shipbuilding industry, which can simultaneously build aircraft carriers, large LNG carriers, and large cruise ships.