Abstract: In the context of the deep restructuring of the global manufacturing competition pattern and the convergence of a new round of scientific and technological revolution, AI-enabled digital transformation of the manufacturing industry has become a strategic initiative to break through the bottleneck of industrial upgrading and cultivate new quality productivity. This paper analyzes the global dynamics of AI-enabled manufacturing transformation by systematically combing domestic and international literature to reveal the evolution law, global competition situation and future challenges of AI-enabled manufacturing digital transformation. The study found that: (1) AI technology penetration presents a staged leap characteristic, has evolved from a single point of technology application, local process optimization to the systematic empowerment stage, through the technology penetration - process re-engineering - ecological restructuring of the three-dimensional role of the mechanism, to comprehensively drive the digital transformation of the manufacturing industry. (2) The global situation of AI-enabled manufacturing digitization: the data element has risen to be a strategic asset, the whole chain efficiency has systematically jumped up, the underlying logic of the enterprise has structurally changed, major economies have accelerated the strategic layout, and AI governance has become a global common issue, and China has formed a unique development path relying on the combination of advantages of “technology+market+industry”. (3) There are three challenges in AI-enabled digital transformation of manufacturing industry: data silos and algorithmic black boxes at the technical level, green constraints and standard barriers at the industrial level, and competition for technological dominance and differentiation of governance systems at the international level. The study proposes the research hotspots that should be further focused on: AI underlying logic innovation and restructuring of the global manufacturing landscape, AI-enabled manufacturing digitization and greening coupled to reshape the global path of green mountains and green water, AI-enabled manufacturing international game focus and the trend toward an open and win-win global community of destiny. This paper provides a systematic framework for understanding the strategic value, practical path and global competition pattern of AI-driven digital transformation of manufacturing industry, which is of decision-making reference value for China's development of new-quality productive forces and the construction of a manufacturing powerhouse.