The Theoretical Mechanism and Realization Path of Digital Economy to Promote the High-quality Development of Foreign Trade
The deep integration of digital economy and foreign trade has become an important driving force for high-quality economic development.On the basis of theoretical analysis,this paper constructs an evaluation index system for the high-quality development of digital economy and foreign trade,based on the provincial panel data from 2011 to 2021.Using Topsis based on entropy weight method,the model calculates the digital economy index and the high-quality development index of foreign trade in each region,and empirically tests the theoretical mechanism and transmission path of the digital e-conomy to promote the high-quality development of regional foreign trade,and obtains the following two conclusions:First-ly,the development of the digital economy promotes the high-quality development of regional foreign trade;Secondly,the digital economy promotes the high-quality development of regional foreign trade by promoting the upgrading of industrial structure.Finally,policy suggestions to promote the high-quality development of regional foreign trade are put forward from the aspects of strengthening the construction of digital infrastructure and promoting the upgrading of industrial structure.