| With the development of the trend of economic globalization, the economic competition among countries is more intense. The economic competitiveness is affected by its main industry in one country. Manufacturing industry is the major part of industry and the foundation of national economic. The development of national economic depends on the speed and the quality of the development of manufacturing industry. So the research on the manufacturing industry competitiveness is necessary. Jiangsu province is an economic powerful province, and has formed a completed manufacturing industry system. But, there are also some problems during the development of manufacturing industry in Jiangsu province. So it is essential for the economic development of Jiangsu province to promote the manufacturing industry competitiveness.There are five parts in the paper. The first part briefly introduces the theory on industry competitiveness industry organization and industry concentration rate. In the second part, we construct a model of competitive competence including five factors such as concentration rate, R&D, brand, entrepreneur ability and government behavior and so on. The third part analyses the present situation of manufacturing industry of Jiangsu province. From the analysis, we realize that the industry concentration rate is low, the investment on R&D and brand is not enough, and the entrepreneur ability and government behavior should be improved. In the forth part, some countermeasures have been proposed to promote the industry concentration rate and competitiveness of Jiangsu province such as optimizing the industry organization, strengthening the independent innovation, cultivating the well-known brand, strengthening the entrepreneur troop, transforming the government function and enhancing the administrative efficiency. The fifth part is conclusion. |