The reasons for the transition of com petitive advantages of manufacture industries between Japan and the United States lies in the different c ompetition strategies adopted by en terprises in the above two countries.With the background of worldwide industrial structurere -distribution and tech nology revolution,competitive advantages come from the reform of enterprise institutional innovation,the updating of traditional industries with hi -tec h and rapid commercialization and industrialization of new products and industry.China whose manufacturing industry is just on the rise should make use of its comparative advantages in order to participate the worldwide competition in ma nu-facturing industries.