With the development of information technology, digital economy, as a new economic growth point, profoundly affects the global industrial layout and development direction. The connotation and measurement of industrial structure transformation and upgrading in the context of digital economy were discussed, the main dilemmas faced in the process of promoting industrial structure upgrading by digital economy was analyzed, and the main paths of digital economy-driven industrial structure upgrading was summarized, including promoting technological upgrading and innovation, strengthening financial support and deepening, optimizing the allocation of talents and resources, perfecting the policy and market guidance, as well as implementing differentiated industrial policy.

digital economy  /  industrial structure upgrading  /  technological innovation  /  sustainable development