Overview of China’s Electrification Transformation and The Upgrading of the Manufacturing Structure

Abstract

With the occurrence of extreme climate events and air quality gradually deteriorating, the negative effect of traditional energy consumption patterns on the ecological environment has become increasingly evident. As an important manufacturing and energy-consuming country, the electrification transformation of China is not only an important means to achieve the “dual-carbon” goals, but also has a profound impact on the upgrading of manufacturing structure. This paper reviews the process, characteristics and economic effects of China’s electrification transformation in promoting the upgrading of manufacturing structure in sequence. The results show that electrification not only promotes the upgrading of industrial structure and regional economic spatial pattern, but also promotes the manufacturing industry towards low-carbon and high-efficiency development. However, existing literature still has problems such as insufficient treatment of endogeneity, lack of long-term dynamic data, and lack of cross-region and cross-industry analysis. Therefore, future research should focus on combining micro-enterprise level data and macro-regional differences to further explore the coordination mechanism between electrification and industry, and put forward differentiated policy recommendations. This study provides a theoretical basis for understanding the economic and environmental co-benefits of the process of electrification transformation, and provides theoretical support and practical references for regional collaborative development and industrial policy formulation.