High-tech industries are becoming the focus of international economic and scientific and technological competition, as an important indicator to measure the comprehensive strength of a country. The analysis of competitiveness of high-tech industries of China and the research on the international experience for its upgrading will be of important significance to the development of high-tech industries in our country.In this article, the author first analyzed the two decisive factors in the industrial competitiveness– comparative advantage and competitive advantage, and the four factors put forth by Michael Porter with bearing on the industrial competitiveness. Then exposition is made on the status quo of high-tech industries in China, the problems existing and the influence of WTO provisions on the development of high-tech industries of China. On this basis, over 30 indicators are listed in both indicative and analytical categories, to form the evaluation indicator system for the competitiveness of high-tech industries of China, and then 6 specific indicators such as specializing coefficient of trading are used to analyze if the high-tech industries of China has relative competitiveness, 10 specific indicators such as international market share are used to analyze if the high-tech industries of China has absolute competitiveness, 6 specific indicators such as quality index are used to analyze the direct factors that determine the competitiveness of high-tech industries, and 9 specific indicators such as number of technological patents applied are used to analyze the indirect factors that determine the competitiveness of high-tech industries. From these analyzes, conclusion has been made that the competitiveness of high-tech industries of China is continuously enhancing, but there is a very big gap when compared with developed countries such as the United States and Japan. Finally, the author summed up the international experience to upgrade the competitiveness of high-tech industries on the aspects of preferential taxation policy, improvement of investment and financing system, R&D input, human resources training, aggregation of industries, innovation mechanism, government procurement and industrial planning. |