Beyond the perspective of technology:Theoretical basis and scientific issues of new infrastructure to promote the high-quality development of regional economy
New infrastructure is not only the cornerstone of the fourth industrial revolution,the engine for the high-quality development of regional economy and the rise of a great nation,but also the frontier and import-ant research field of economic geography.From the perspective beyond technology,this paper systematically combs the relevant theories about new infrastructure in current economic geography,including the theory of technological relatedness,the theory of key enabling technology,the theory of technology-system co-evolution and the theory of regional integration.On this basis,3 scientific issues and research ideas that need to be fo-cused on are proposed,namely,the research on the path and mechanism of the new infrastructure technology-system collaborative evolution,the research on the innovation and development mechanism of the new infra-structure enabling industry,and the research on the overall layout of the new infrastructure and the operation mechanism of regional integration.This paper aims to establish a theoretical framework for new infrastructure to promote regional economic development,in order to provide theoretical support for China to better play the strategic potential of new infrastructure and promote regional high-quality development.
new infrastructureregional economic developmentregional integrationtechnological-institu-tional co-evolutionkey enabling technologies