Research On The Competitiveness Of Chinese Manufacturing Industry Based On Informationalization And Industrialization

Manufacturing industry, as the engine of national economy and the main sector that absorbs labor force, is the basement of improving the competitiveness that economy grows. Since the founding of China, manufacturing industry has developed rapidly, with the higher position in the world and bigger scale of investment from foreign countries. China has already established the position of manufacturing power in the world. During the development process of the manufacturing industry, there are still some problems existing. For instance, lower productivity, low value-added products, the lack of R&D investment, and lack in independent innovation ability. Based on forward discussion, we can make a conclusion that Chinese manufacturing industry is the one with high production while poor in competitiveness. The problem we are facing now is how to improve the competitiveness of Chinese manufacturing industry.As a developing country, China is always searching for a Chinese characteristic development path. Comparing with developed countries' high level of industrialization, China is on the mid-level now. In this background and the expectation of chasing developed countries' pace, China proposed a policy named "The Infusion of Informationalizaion and Industrialization".It means achieving the leapfrog development by increasing the speed of informationalization and industrialization together. This paper aims to improve the manufacturing industry's competitiveness based on "The Infusion of Informationalizaion and Industrialization". First, the infusion will improve the manufacturing industry's competitiveness. The manufacturing industry is a core industry in national economics for it has many departments and products. The manufacturing industry is guarantee for the infusion, for it provides infusion with machinery systems, control equipments, production lines and so on. The development of infusion is based on all these equipments, which are produced by manufacturing industry. Second, improving manufacturing industry's competitiveness is the difficult point of the infusion. China is facing many problems appeared in the progress of manufacturing development, and infusion is the one can resolve all these problems, such as lower labor productivity, higher waste in the use of natural resources and poorer in ability of independent innovationThe improvement of manufacturing industry means the rising of manufacturing efficiency, maximizing output by using the minimum input, the transformation of the position of international market from the lower-end to the high-end. In this way, our country will change from a big manufacturing industry nation to a powerful manufacturing industry nation.This is a new way to catch up with the developed countries. Meanwhile it is also the goal of "The Infusion of Informationalization and Industrialization".This paper wills analysis the concept of "The Infusion of informationalization and industrialization" from the definitions of industrialization, information and industrial convergence. Based on analyzing the present situation of manufacturing industry, opportunities and challenges faced by manufacturing industry, the successful experience of developed countries should be introduced. With the meaning of "the infusion of informationalization and industrialization", this paper addresses two ways to promote the competitiveness of manufacturing industry. One is improving competitiveness of manufacturing industry with informationalizaion, which is based on cost advantage. Another is taking advantage of the manufacturing service industry to promote the competitiveness of manufacturing industry, which is based on differential advantage.The outstanding characteristic of this study underlines that not only the comparative advantages but the competitive advantages should be considered. Based on the theory of industrial convergence, the manufacturing industry is added with the product categories and functions through industrial convergence, and will bring the difference advantages. For the manufacturing service industry is the most relevant sector with the manufacturing industry development. During "the Infusion of Informationalization and Industrialization", the manufacturing industry promotes the difference advantages via the integration with the manufacturing service industry.