Connotations and Prospects of the New-Type Manufacturing Sector

In the 21st century, China is being confronted with not only various urgent challenges (including industrialization, urbanization, modernization, and informatization), but also various pressures (including energy/resource shortages and environmental pollution). In this context, it is imperative for China to carry out new-type industrialization characterized by high technological content, high economic benefits, low resource consumption, minimal environmental pollution, and full utilization of human resources. This study sets forth connotations for new-type manufacturing sector from four aspects: economic resourcefulness, technological innovation capability, energy conservation capability, environmental protection capability. Then, this study forecasts the impacts of the new-type manufacturing sector on social and economic development. Finally, this study proposes an evaluation index system for the new-type manufacturing sector, which comprises four indexes and 31 subindexes.