The Evolution of the Input Servitization of China’s Manufacturing Industry and Its International Comparison

The general trend of manufacturing industry’s transformation and upgrading is servitization. Based on the world input and output table of WIOD, the measurement of the direct service input, total service input, direct service dependence and total service dependence of China’s manufacturing industry shows that the input servitization level of China’s manufacturing industry is still very low, and there is a huge gap between China and other economies in the world. Moreover, the input servitization level of China’s manufacturing industry shows a downward trend. From the perspective of structure, the service input of China’s manufacturing industry is obviously “onshore” and highly dependent on traditional service input. The above results show that China’s manufacturing input servitization level cannot meet the requirements of high-quality development of manufacturing industry. In order to promote the servitizaiton transformation of manufacturing industry, it is necessary to further accelerate the development of producer services and promote the opening up of service market. At the same time, we should further optimize the business environment to reduce social transaction costs and enhance the digital information technology input of manufacturing industry with the help of digital economy.