Does the Comparative Advantage Contradict with the Competitive Advantage?—An Empirical Study Based on China's Manufacture Industry

This paper empirically analyzes the changes and relationship between China's comparative advantage and competitive advantage.Results show that the two don't contradict each other.In the context of economic globalization,a country's comparative advantage depends on a country's factor endowments;Actual data shows that China's comparative advantage lies in labor-intensive industries though it's on the decline.It can also be seen from the data,industry with the most comparative advantage enjoys the most competitive advantage.Changes of China's industrial competitive advantage and comparative advantage are highly relevant.