制造业是实体经济的主体、国民经济的支柱。本文描述了我国制造业“大而不强”的现实状况，借鉴国内外制造业产业评价体系的研究经验，确定了“制造强国”的内涵和特征，构建了包括四个一级指标和18个二级指标在内的“制造强国”综合评价体系，并以此为基础，对中国和其他几个国家的制造业指标横向对比进行了初步分析。

Manufacturing plays a vital role in a country. This article explains the reality of China’s manufacturing industry which is “large but not strong”, refers to the domestic and foreign manufacturing industry evaluation system research experience, defined the connotation and characteristics of manufacturing power, established a comprehensive evaluation system which included 4 first-class indexes and 18 secondary-class indexes, and take this as the foundation. This article has carried on the preliminary analysis between China and several other countries.