Abstract:The recent 10 years are the fastest development period for China’s dredging industry. The current annual dredging production in China has exceeded 1 billion m3, and made China become the biggest dredging country in the world. During the 10 years, our dredging industry obtained more than 70 patents, and the core dredging technology has developed from simple imitation to independent innovation, and key systems and equipments have been self-researched and manufactured instead of import-dependence. After grasping the core technology, China has designed and built 90% of large dredgers, and the main force of dredgers is also advanced from small-medium sized dredgers to large-super large ones. The achievements had supported the upgrading of the entire dredging industry and caused tremendous change of dredging industry in the 10 years.