Research on Internet Development and the Value-added Path of Manufacturing Value

摘要

In the context of the rapid development of global value chain theory, “Internet” as the main feature of digital trade has bred greater opportunities for international cooperation and has become a driving force for the reconstruction of global value chains. This paper studies the relationship between the development of the Internet and the reconstruction of the value chain, verifies the evolution path of the industry’s added value through theoretical derivation, and answers the impact of the development of the Internet on the evolution path of the smile curve. The results show that the “smile curve” is not a necessary feature of the upgrade of the manufacturing value chain. Some industrial value chain upgrades the form of a “Muslim curve”, and the Internet can affect the value added of the manufacturing industry’s export value through three ways.