Digitization of the Global Value Chain and High-Quality Development: Case Studies from the Chinese Industry (China Perspectives)

This book systematically examines how the digitalization of global value chains (GVCs) has driven the high-quality development of China's manufacturing industry.It reveals the intrinsic mechanisms and pathways through which digital technologies reshape the international division of labor and promote industrial upgrading. Integrating theory with empirical analysis, the book establishes an innovative measurement framework for GVC digitalization.Using data from China's manufacturing sectors from 2000 to 2020, the book evaluates the quality of industrial development across five dimensions: innovation, coordination, green development, openness, and sharing.The book provides an in-depth analysis of the characteristics, challenges, and multidimensional impacts of Chinese manufacturing's integration into digital GVCs.Using rigorous econometric models, the study demonstrates that digitalization primarily advances high-quality manufacturing development through three channels: reducing transactio