国外一些评论认为 ,以加入 WTO为契机 ,中国将成为世界的工厂。本文回答了什么是世界工厂。文章认为 ,中国的制造业领域 ,在劳动密集型产业具有明显的比较优势 ,但在技术密集型产业与工业发达国家比较 ,存在着显著的差距。因此 ,目前中国还不是世界的工厂。中国要成为世界的工厂 ,必须保持比较优势 ,继续发展劳动密集型产业 ,同时要在资本密集型与技术密集型产业领域 ,缩小与工业发达国家之间的差距 ,增强竞争优势。 Some foreign commentators believe that with the opportunity to join the WTO, China will become a factory in the world. This article answers what is the world factory. The article believes that China’s manufacturing sector has obvious comparative advantages in labor-intensive industries, but there are significant gaps between technology-intensive industries and industrialized countries. Therefore, at present, China is not a factory in the world. To become a factory in the world, China must maintain its comparative advantage and continue to develop labor-intensive industries. At the same time, it must narrow the gap between industrially-developed countries and capital-intensive and technology-intensive industries to enhance its competitive advantage.