Definition of Statistical Connotation and Improvement of Industry Classification of Digital Economy
In 2021,the National Bureau of Statistics released the"Statistical Classification of Digital Economy and Its Core Industries(2021)",which has significant theoretical guidance for digital economy statistical accounting.As the digital economy statistics work enters the practical stage,it faces a series of complex problems in terms of connotation,industry bound-ary definition,and other aspects.Based on this,our team has the honor to undertake a major research project of the National Bu-reau of Statistics.On the basis of in-depth research,fully soliciting opinions and suggestions from all parties,and repeatedly re-vising,drawing on the experience of digital economy classification at home and abroad,and combining with the practice of digital economy statistical accounting,we strive to study the connotation and classification evolution of the digital economy at home and abroad,and point out the main problems faced by China's digital economy classification.This paper summarizes the concept and connotation of digital economy from the two perspectives of digital economy core industry and digital economy integration indus-try,puts forward four defining standards of digital economy core industry classification,forms a set of digital economy core indus-try classification including four major categories,24 medium categories and 237 sub categories,and digital economy integration industry classification including 11 industry categories.
Digital EconomyCore IndustryIntegrated IndustryConceptual ConnotationIndustry Classification