For China, 2021 marks the start of the country's 14th Five-Year Plan and is critical for the development of digitalization. The successful completion of the 13th Five-Year Plan has laid a solid foundation for China's future development. Moreover, rapid recovery from the pandemic has made the country aware of the great potential of integrating manufacturing and digitalization. In addition to the development goals and tasks for the digital economy explicitly stated in the 14th Five-Year Plan and other national strategies, labor shortage, trade friction, and the proposed carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals, among other factors, are prompting us to re-examine the value of the manufacturing sector's digital transformation.

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