Do National Information Consumption Pilot Policies Facilitate Urban Development of Digital Economy
The swift ascendancy of the digital economy has markedly enhanced its strategic significance within the framework of the national economic structure,emerging as a pivotal force that potently drives China's economy towards a more advanced stage of qualitative growth.This article uses panel data from 292 prefecture level cities in China from 2005 to 2021 to empirically study the impact of the national information consumption pilot policy on the development of the digital economy.The national information consumption pilot policy has a positive impact on the development level of the digital economy.The level of information technology development is a mediating variable between the national information consumption pilot policy and the level of digital economy development.The promo-tion effect of the national information consumption pilot policy on the development of the digital economy is relative-ly greater in mega cities and large cities.Policies should be formulated to encourage universities and research insti-tutions to increase their efforts in cultivating digital technology talents,continuously improve the promotion effect of information consumption pilot projects on the development level of the digital economy in the western regions,en-courage pilot areas to vigorously develop industries such as digital content and digital entertainment,and provide customers with a more authentic information consumption experience.
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