China's Position in the New International Division of Labor—from the Perspective of Value Chain

Based on the analysis of trade data, this paper evaluates China's competitiveness and position in the new international division of labor from the perspective of global value chain.The findings reveal that China mainly plays the actor of processing workshop in the intra-product specialization.The exports of high-tech industries and products increase rapidly, but China's competitiveness in such area focuses on the labor-intensive production stages of low value-added.However, China has achieved the staggered goals of industry upgrading and technology upgrading.China's position in the international division of labor has also been improved on.