Yangzijiang Shipbuilding has been working behind the scenes in a bid to reassure investors that it is business as usual, TradeWinds has learnt.

Chief financial officer Liu Hua is reported to have hosted an investor conference call late last week to reassure the local investment community.

She is reported to have said on the call that the chairman Ren Yuanlin’s assistance with a Communist Party of China investigation is “not related to the group”.