This time, we no longer need overseas benchmarks.

The latest issue of Qiushi Journal in March published an important article by General Secretary Xi Jinping, titled "Promoting High - quality Development of the Marine Economy". Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, every time the General Secretary inspected coastal areas, he emphasized the need to vigorously develop the marine economy and build China into a maritime power.

The article proposes that to advance Chinese - style modernization, it is necessary to efficiently develop and utilize the ocean, promote high - quality development of the marine economy, and blaze a path with Chinese characteristics towards maritime strength. In general, more emphasis should be placed on innovation - driven development, key core technologies should be broken through as soon as possible, and high - level self - reliance and self - strength in marine science and technology should be achieved.

Recently, Shihang has won the first - class award for scientific and technological progress of the China Institute of Navigation in 2025, the highest honor in the field of navigation, which has once again attracted the attention of the whole society.

The Science and Technology Award of the China Institute of Navigation is a science and technology award authorized by the "Regulations on National Science and Technology Awards" of the State Council and the "Measures for the Administration of Science and Technology Awards Established by Social Forces" of the Ministry of Science and Technology, and approved by the National Science and Technology Award Office in the announcement of "Guokejiangzi No. 05". This award is an authoritative benchmark for measuring scientific and technological progress and industrial contributions in the field of navigation.

It is worth noting that in the list of first - class awards this year, Shihang, as the only leading private enterprise, broke through strongly with its hardcore strength of full - stack self - research. This achievement is not only an authoritative recognition by the industry of Shihang's leading position in technology and innovative breakthrough value in the field of extreme marine environment robots, but also marks that Shihang's marine embodied robots are accelerating to become the backbone force driving the strategy of building a maritime power.

With its profound technical strength, Shihang has achieved several world - class breakthroughs: it is the only one in the world with the ability to operate at full water depths from 0 to 10,000 meters and with multiple degrees of freedom; it ranks first in the world in the ten - thousand - hour operating life and reliability of thrusters, first in the world in stable operation and anti - current ability in strong ocean currents, and first in the world in underwater recognition distance and accuracy.

Ship cleaning

As a representative of China's independent innovation force in marine science and technology, Shihang leads the world comprehensively.

This time, in the most cutting - edge field of marine embodied robots, we no longer need to benchmark against overseas counterparts, nor do we need to catch up with others or simply replace imported products. Instead, it is Chinese innovation leading the world.

We also learned that Shihang recently completed a strategic financing of hundreds of millions of yuan. The new investors include the National SME Development Fund managed by Huaying Capital, industrial investors such as Dashu Changqing Capital, Xinding Capital, and 36Kr Fund. Old shareholders such as Jinshajiang Venture Capital, Changshi Capital, Shengjing Jiacheng, and Anyu Capital have increased their investments. Anyu Capital serves as the company's long - term exclusive financial advisor.

Shihang not only leads the marine embodied robot track comprehensively in terms of technology but also continues to lead in terms of financing amount and valuation.

We can see that Shihang's latest product, "Orca Pro", can move with full degrees of freedom in the underwater three - dimensional space, flexibly performing different actions such as moving forward, backward, left and right, and rolling. It has functions such as cable - free, real - time and accurate positioning, autonomous navigation and operation, underwater wireless charging, and multi - robot formation operation. It has extremely strong versatility and operational capabilities, truly bringing science fiction into reality. Moreover, this is not just a laboratory achievement but has been delivered to customers for real - world operations.

Orca

Supported by state - owned funds and industrial capital, Shihang will accelerate its "1 + N" business layout. From the water surface to the deep sea, in all sea areas and scenarios, it will be implemented in scenarios such as ship cleaning, offshore wind power, marine photovoltaics, port infrastructure, submarine pipelines, marine ranches, deep - sea exploration, emergency transportation, and water quality testing, and continue to lead the marine embodied robot track.

The marine economy is the sum of various industrial activities for developing, utilizing, and protecting marine resources and related activities.

Thriving towards the sea is a common phenomenon in the rise of powerful countries. To become a maritime power, China needs scientific and technological forces that can lead the world. Shihang's marine embodied robots have accelerated to become the backbone force driving the strategy of building a maritime power, and we also look forward to Shihang making more breakthroughs. The marine economy holds great promise.