赵福生当上江南造船厂厂长时,世界船舶市场正面临着持续性的萧条。从80年代开始,五年时间里,世界船价下跌了40%左右。不少国家航运公司和造船企业纷纷倒闭。各国咨询机构屡次预测造船业走出低谷的时间,但每每被严酷的事实所打破。预言家们不得不把复苏的希望推到90年代初期。 When Zhao Fusheng became the director of the Jiangnan Shipyard, the world ship market was facing a sustained recession. Since the 1980s, the world’s shipping prices have fallen by about 40% in five years. Many national shipping companies and shipbuilding companies have closed down. Consultation agencies in various countries have repeatedly predicted that the shipbuilding industry will be out of the trough, but they are often broken by harsh facts. The prophets had to push the hope of recovery to the early 1990s.