A collaborative paper titled The Digital Divide in China's Manufacturing Industry: An Analytical Framework of Access-Application-Conversion, authored by Professor Sun Xiaohua (first author) and Associate Professor Ma Xuejiao (corresponding author) from the School of Economics and Management, Dalian University of Technology, along with graduate students Kong Yijie and Yu Ting, has been officially published in the fourth issue of the Journal of Management World (2025).

This study is part of the interim research outcomes from the National Social Science Fund of China’s major project Strategies for AI-Driven Technological Innovation and Industrial Upgrading (No. 24&ZD050), led by Professor Sun Xiaohua.