The shipbuilding industry heritage, as one of Guangzhou's highly distinctive industrial heritages, bears witness to Guangzhou's position as an important maritime trade center and has significant historical significance. In the context of urban renewal, some of these shipbuilding industry heritages face the fate of demolition due to inadequate protection, while others have been updated without considering the social ecological relationship with the surrounding environment, ultimately leading to the destruction and disappearance of the heritage. Therefore, Guangzhou's shipbuilding industry heritage needs to seek a renewal method to play its role in the city in a sustainable manner. Due to long-term industrial construction, the internal elements of Guangzhou's shipbuilding industry heritage are loose, with poor connectivity, and external environmental threats such as urbanization and land use pressure, as well as climate change and sea level rise.