vious studies,theoretical or empirical inquiry has outlined the impact of the knowledge transfer by its characteristics,however,there arethelimitsand differences ofdistinguish thenatural characteristics ofknowledge andknowledge embedded multinationals context inthe emerging economies. Inthe smdg China’S multinationals inthemanufacturing industry as the researchsample,based on thetopic”the knowledge distancebetween pany and subsidiaries inmultinationals how toeffect on knowledge transfer extent and their innovation performance”,construct theanalysis行amework of ”knowledgedistance—knowledgetransfer-performance”to study themechanism of knowledge transfer inmultinational enterprise,follow the”structure-behavior. performance”to logicanalysis theoretical structure,progressively toresearch the VII