Besides serving epidemic-hit nation, local M&A facilitate building of high-end vessels fit for multi-sector shipping industry across the worldGlobal cruise lines may be in choppy waters right now due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are keeping the Chinese shipping industry's hopes for a bright future, and a leading role in the world market, buoyant－now that they have created the world's largest shipbuilder by production capacity, with total assets of 790 billion yuan ($112 billion).

It is a big transferable skill that helps him to skipper the company expertly as if it were a ship navigating choppy seas.

Last year, facing challenges of high winds and choppy waters in the global environment, the Chinese economy achieved stable growth.

"We take great pride in the fact that our family-themed restaurant has endured many a violent storm and other kinds of choppy weather over the past four decades.

""As the stock market uptrend promises returns on investment, it will usher in more investors, especially when the debt markets will probably be choppy this year and the housing markets still face overall strict regulatory restrictions," Wang added.

After a flying start in January, the Hang Seng Index will brace for some choppy months in March and claw its way downward to the summer, said the report.

It noted that China has entered a development period in which strategic opportunities, risks and challenges are concurrent, and uncertainties and unforeseen factors are rising, and it must therefore be ready to withstand high winds, choppy waters and even dangerous storms.