Research on the Impact of Digital Economy Development on the Optimization and Upgrading of Industrial Structure
The development of the digital economy will help spawn more new industries and new busi-ness formats with the digital economy as the core,promote the integration of digital technology into traditional industries,and lead the upgrading of industrial structure.Based on China's 30 inter-provin-cial panel data from 2011 to 2020,this article constructs an indicator system for the development level of the digital economy.This indicator system mainly covers four dimensions,namely,informatization development,Internet development,digital transaction development and digital financial development.The fixed effects model empirically tests the enabling impact and implementation mechanism of the digital economy on industrial structure upgrading.The conclusion shows that the digital economy has a significant positive enabling effect on the upgrading of industrial structure,whether analyzed from the national level or from the perspective of the eastern,western and central regions.However,there are certain regional differences in the development of the digital economy on the upgrading of the industrial structure.The specific manifestations are as follows:The empowerment effect in the eastern region is more significant.Therefore,it is necessary to accelerate the construction of digital infrastructure,ac-tively develop innovative digital infrastructure,strengthen inter-provincial cooperation,and maximize digital dividends.
Digital EconomyIndustrial StructureTechnological InnovationRegional Differences