Using a sample of 30 provinces in China excluding Tibet,Hong Kong,Macao,and Tai-wan,from 2011~2021,this study investigates the impact and mechanism of new infrastructure con-struction on regional innovation and entrepreneurship activity.It is found that the new infrastructure construction has a significant innovation and entrepreneurship promotion effect,which is more pro-nounced in manufacturing and services,in the information infrastructure and innovation infrastructure dimensions,and in regions with a lower quartile of market potential.From the perspective of action mechanism,except for the insignificant moderating effect of labour market integration,the integration of commodity and capital markets,and regional innovation linkages,all significantly strengthen the innovation and entrepreneurship promotion effect of new infrastructure construction.Further research also finds that the impact of new infrastructure construction on innovation and entrepreneurship activi-ty has a threshold characteristic of"suppressing-facilitating-slowing",and that some western regions are still in the inhibition stage.
new infrastructure constructioninnovation and entrepreneurship activitymarket in-tegrationregional innovation linkages