High-quality manufacturing serves as the strategic core and foundational driver of new industrialization. Amid a complex and volatile international environment, building an effective high-quality manufacturing system has become crucial for China's industrial advancement. This study sorts out the ten-year conceptual evolution and development pathway of high-quality manufacturing in China, covering national planning, strategic research, and technological upgrading. It highlights progress over the past decade in product quality, branding, quality infrastructure, and industrial chain coordination. Meanwhile, it identifies ongoing challenges such as quality benefits lagging behind scale growth, limited international influence in quality technology, and insufficient global brand impact. Looking ahead to 2035, the study proposes future directions and four key priorities: enhancing quality collaboration across industrial chains, strengthening quality foundational capacity, advancing systematic brand development, and fostering societal engagement in quality governance. The findings offer guidance for promoting high-quality manufacturing and supporting China's goals of becoming a leading manufacturing and quality-driven nation.