Abstract: Based on the new perspective of technological level of import commodities, this paper empirically analyzes the influence from the technology content of Chinese goods imports on the transformation of China’s industrial economy development pattern from 2001 to 2011 on the overall industry level, different types of industry level, different types of commodity level, and other industries imports level. The research results show that the rise of China’s technological level of import commodities can accelerate the transformation of China’s industrial economy development pattern; and the effect in capital-intensive industries is quite significant. Capital-intensive industries should import more intermediate goods and consumer goods, while labor-intensive industries should import more intermediate goods. The improvement of the technological level of import commodities in capital-intensive industries is conducive to the transformation of development pattern not only of their own industries, but also of labor-intensive industries.
