Powerful Country in Digital Trade:Connotation,Indicators and Measurement
Under the background that the digital economy has gradually become the main economic form in the world,a correct understanding of the digital trade power must be based on the scientific construction of the digital trade power index.This paper analyzes the micro impact mechanism of digital degree on trade interests,builds a comprehensive measurement index of digital trade power on this basis,calculates the digital trade power index from 2012 to 2019,and further decomposes and calculates from multiple dimensions such as quality and scale.The results are as follows.First-ly,during the sample period,China's digital trade power index ranked second in the world,but there is still a significant gap in the quality of digital trade compared to developed countries such as the United States,Japan,and Germany.Secondly,from an industrial perspective,digital trade in China's digital industry has significant advantages and maintains a leading position.This is due to the fact that under the conditions of global value chain division of labor,China's digital product ex-ports have a quantity and quality advantage,but they are not superior in terms of quantity and qual-ity in traditional industries that integrate digital technology.Thirdly,based on product level calcu-lations,there is a significant gap between China and developed countries in terms of intermediate products as the core of the digital industry.To build a strong digital trade country,China urgently needs to transform from its advantages in quantity and finished products to its advantages in quality and core intermediate products.
Powerful Country in Digital TradeTrade AdvantagesDigital IndustrializationIndus-trial Digitalization
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NSTL
万方数据
维普
