In the process of the formation of mass production and the creation of a modern market economy, industrial policy has played a leading role. Attempt to deny this fact at the state level during the process of economic policy construction is one of the reasons for the global economic crisis 2008-2010 years. Therefore, today the time to release the industrial policy from the shadows has come, which led to the concept of a new industrial policy. Today the economy has entered its post-industrial development phase when the services sector, insensible assets, etc. play an enormous role. All these result in a certain terminological confusion. Thus, some authors say that the industrial policy is outdated and discredited within the classical meaning. However, this point of view seems to be a bit incorrect. The fact is that in modern conditions the principles of plant placement changed, the geographic dispersion of plants increased and that resulted in an illusion that the industry made a small contribution to the economic well-being. Notwithstanding a huge role of insensible assets in the global economy industry keeps playing a leading role in the implementation of the economic policy of states.