Abstract: After a period of rapid development, resource-based cities begin to show signs of decline.In order to realize the scientific transformation of resource-based cities, this paper takes the industrial transformation in the urban transformation path as the research object, and quantitatively analyzes the choice of urban leading industries by means of the distance coordination model.Firstly, the authors summarize the relevant literature to establish an evaluation system for the coordinated development of industry and economy,and use the analytic hierarchy process to determine the weight of each indicator.Then, according to the established index system and distance coordination model, the system coordination degree between the industrial development subsystem and the economic development subsystem is calculated.Finally, taking Huangshi city as an example for empirical analysis, the system coordination degree between several industries and economic development in Huangshi city is measured, and the results are analyzed and summarized.