In the third year of the Republic of China (19 14), the first internal combustion engine manufactured by Qiuxin machinery manufacturing shipyard successfully participated in the international Panama competition and won the first prize. In the same year, 3,000-ton seagoing vessels "Meili" and "Mei Jian" were built, with the contract price of 654.38+02,000 silver. The factory borrowed money from Credit Suisse Oriental Bank to buy steel, processed and built it, and delivered it in early June of the Republic of China. Then began to build two 5000-ton seagoing ships, of which 1 was named "Anhua", which was completed and delivered in early August.
When Qiuxin Shipyard built the "Murray" and "Mei Jian", it was during the First World War that steel raw materials were extremely scarce and prices soared. The factory actually lost 502 thousand silver in building the above two ships. When the loan matures, it is unable to repay it. Finally, it was forced to sell most of its shares to French businessmen to pay off its debts. On August 3, 2000, it was reorganized into a Sino-French joint venture, renamed as Sino-French Qiuxin Machinery Manufacturing Shipyard (commonly known as Sino-French Metallurgical Machinery Engineering Company), and registered in the Commercial Registration Office of Seine District, Paris. Although it is a Sino-French joint venture, it is actually absorbed by French capital. The factory is managed by a legal person and serves as the chief engineer, employing 65,438+05 European employees and 400 China workers. Its main business is still shipbuilding and production of diesel engines. 10 ~ 1 1 year to build two gunboats for Zhejiang provincial government; The gunboat "bhatia" with a displacement of 20-2 1 050 tons was built for the Portuguese naval base in Macau.
During the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the production of Sino-French machinery factory stagnated. In April, 34, the Japanese navy ordered Mitsubishi to take over the factory. Since then, the factory has only repaired ships and made small bomb shells as its main tasks. After Japan surrendered in August of the same year, the French took over the factory again. At this time, the factory has lost the ability to build ships and machines, and can only repair ships and process some machine parts.
1952 65438+1October 10 East China Ministry of Industry officially leased Sino-French Qiuxin Machinery Manufacturing Shipyard and renamed it Qiuxin Machinery Factory of East China Ministry of Industry. In September of the same year, he was transferred to the leadership of the Shipbuilding Industry Bureau of the Central Ministry of Heavy Industry and renamed Qiuxin Shipyard. 1September, 954, due to the discovery that the shares of the original Sino-French Qiuxin factory were unclear, French businessmen concealed the shares of the Kuomintang government, and the French government announced them according to regulations; Change lease to custody. Since then, Qiuxin Shipyard has been completely under the leadership of Shipbuilding Industry Bureau, and the lease relationship has ended.