In 2003, The Education Ministry of the PRC invited public bidding across the country for 40 "Key Projects of Philosophy and Social Science" for the first time. After stiff competition, the research team led by Prof. Li Lianshui won the bidding for "Research on Eastern Super-Metropolis Zone and the World Manufacturing Industry Center" (No. 03JZD0014), with a granted research fund of 500, 000. Later on, the team won two National Science Fund projects--"Research on the Development Path for China's Manufacturing Industry Based on Resource-Restraint and Self-Innovation" and "Research on the Development of China's Manufacturing Industry", as well as a series of provincial-level research projects.

Introduction to the Editors-in-Chief

Preface

Chapter 1 The Development of Manufacturing Industry: Indexes and Methods

 1.1 China's Manufacturing Industry (CMI): AReview ofthe Past Thirty Years

 1.2 The Development of Manufacturin9: Evaluation Indexes

 1.3 China's Manufacturing Industries(CMI): Development Evaluation

 1.4 CMI: Development Index

 1.5 A Brief Summary of this Chapter

Chapter 2 China's Manufacturing Industry: The Evaluation of Regional Development

 2.1 Regional Manufacturing Industry: the Evaluation of the "New-Type" Level

 2.2 China's Manufacturing Industry: "Top Ten Provinces"

 2.3 The "Top Ten Cities" in China's Manufacturing Industry

 2.4 A Brief Summary ofthis Chapter

Chapter 3 Manufacturing Industry: International Comparative Study

 3.1 Ideas and Methods for International Comparative Study

 3.2 International Comparison of Manufacturing Industry's Capability of Economi Creation

 3.3 Comparison of Countries in Terms the Capability of Scientific and Technolog: Innovation in Manufacturing Industry

 3.4 International Comparison of Manufacturing Industry in Terms of the Capabilil of Environmental Protection

 3.5 Comparative Study of Manufacturing Industry in Differeni Countries in Terms of the Level of

"New-Type" Transformation

 3.6 A Brief Summary ofthis Chapter

Chapter 4 The Development of China's Manufacturing Industry: Prediction of General Trend

 4.1 Trend of CMI's Total Amount Development

 4.2 Prediction of CMI's Development Trend

 4.3 Development Trend of the Rate of Value—Added ofChina's Manufacturing Industry

 4.4 Prediction ofthe Trend of the Need for Labor in CMl

 4.5 A Brief Summary of this Chapter