Does Urban Digital Construction Promote Economic Growth? Evidence from China
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
2.1. Urban Digital Construction
2.2. Digital Technology in Urban Digital Construction
2.3. The Level of Urban Digital Construction and Economic Growth
- Measurement dimensions and indicators of the level of urban digital construction. Generally speaking, scholars have examined the level of urban digital construction from aspects such as digital infrastructure (Cong et al. 2022; Ndubuisi et al. 2021), digital economy (Popkova and Gulzat 2020; Wang et al. 2022), digital government (Castro and Lopes 2022; Lin et al. 2021; Pedrosa et al. 2020), and digital ecology (Pauliuk et al. 2022; Peng and Tao 2022). Meanwhile, indicators involving digital innovation elements (Cheng and Wang 2022; Ramdani et al. 2022), digital infrastructure (Lan and Zhu 2023; Sotolongo 2023), core digital industries (Ariffin and Ahmad 2021; Zhu and Chen 2022), and digital convergence applications (Borowiecki et al. 2021; Mitrović 2020) have also been considered. These indicators have both commonalities and differences, reflecting the multidimensionality and complexity of urban digital construction.
- Measurement methods and technologies for urban digital construction. Scholars have used different measurement methods and techniques, such as the index method (Alderete 2020; Ren et al. 2022), factor analysis method (García-Vandewalle García et al. 2023; Zhang et al. 2022c), cluster analysis method (** of China places a high priority on the digital economy, explicitly urging in the 20th Central Committee report to “accelerate the development of the digital economy and promote deep integration between the digital economy and the real economy”. Nationwide, there has been a warm response to the important directives of the General Secretary, with active participation in urban digital transformation and a continuous enhancement of the diversity of digital cities based on their unique characteristics. Scholars have studied the development of the digital economy in key cities, such as Bei**g, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Hangzhou, and believe that each city has distinctive characteristics in digital transformation. For instance, Bei**g aggregates a large amount of high-quality high-end data resources, Shanghai possesses advanced digital industries and a superior business environment, Guangzhou has significant potential in industrial digitization, Shenzhen has advantages in the construction of new smart cities, and Hangzhou is home to leading enterprises in the Chinese digital industry. As long as these key cities fully leverage their advantages and closely integrate traditional industries with digital industries the prospects for their digital development are promising (Yang et al. 2023a).According to research by Chinese scholars, the core of building digital cities is, in fact, a large-scale system engineering that covers the entire process of urban informatization. It involves every aspect of city operation, not only including economic and industrial digitization, digital governance, digitalization of people’s livelihoods, medical and health informatization, digital ecology, and digital government but also impacting the comprehensive development of the entire city. It is of great significance for regional and national development, contributing to enhancing urban competitiveness and sustainability. The digital transformation of cities is not only an essential part of digital government governance and construction but also a consideration in various aspects such as social production and exchange, ecological environment, etc. Digitalization is a key factor in economic digital transformation. Only through the collection, integration, and application of data, continuous innovation in technological development, and improvement of comprehensive processing capabilities can it be integrated into various aspects of economic operation, service optimization, and industrial structure upgrading, taking China’s economy to new development heights. In the process of government digital transformation, digital analysis is a key point. Digital governance requires the government to assess the implementation effects of policies and citizens’ opinions and suggestions through data analysis, continuously accept feedback, and promptly improve various policies, allowing the government to better serve the vast population. Additionally, the digital transformation of cities should be human-centered, a key focus mentioned in the current digital strategies of most countries or regions (Allcott et al. 2020; Barwick et al. 2023). The ultimate goal of urban digital construction is to benefit citizens, ensuring peaceful and progressive social development. Therefore, urban digital construction needs to prioritize citizen welfare, providing more efficient public services to the general public through digital applications, digital government, and other channels.The above domestic and international research provides a comprehensive analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of digital economic development, summarizing experiences in national and urban digital development. However, there are still some shortcomings: On one hand, existing research tends to lean towards qualitative analysis, lacking in-depth quantitative analysis and cross-sectional comparisons of specific countries and cities in building a digital economy. On the other hand, while many scholars, especially those focusing on China’s advanced cities, have paid considerable attention to the recent digital construction and transformation, the research often revolves around digital technology and draws on international experiences. It fails to tightly integrate theoretical research, quantitative analysis, and urban characteristics, leading to a lack of a comprehensive evaluation of China’s urban digital economic development level.To address these gaps, our research strives for a more balanced approach by incorporating both evaluation index systems and empirical analysis. Through the above efforts, we strive to further arouse interest in the digital economy among readers and related academic journals around the world. At present, the digital economy has become an important driving force and strategic advantage for global economic development. Countries are actively promoting digital transformation and upgrading, and are exploring the deep integration of digital technology with economic and social development. As one of the global leaders in the digital economy, China has a strong digital infrastructure and policy environment, active digital enterprises and innovators, and a large user group. Its experience and results in urban digital construction provide a good example and reference for the world. Therefore, the research content of this paper can arouse the interest of readers and related academic journals around the world, especially those who pay attention to the development trends and dynamics of the digital economy, seek digital development opportunities and challenges, or hope to cooperate and communicate with China in the digital field. By providing them with valuable information and perspectives, we hope to further enhance their understanding of China’s urban digital construction and promote international digital economic cooperation and exchanges.
3. Methodology
Building upon the previous analysis, this section will first establish the evaluation index system for the level of urban digital construction. Subsequently, the entropy weight method will be applied to assign weights to each indicator, thereby deriving a comprehensive score for the evaluation of the level of digital construction in various cities across China.3.1. Factors Influencing the Level of Urban Digital Construction
When assessing the level of urban digital construction, it is crucial to base the evaluation on the digital development goals of the city, considering various factors such as the foundational elements of urban digital development, the objective conditions and subjective goals of the construction entities, and the information required to construct the evaluation system. Specifically, this includes the following: in the process of constructing the evaluation index system for the level of urban digital construction, the first consideration should be given to various foundational elements of building a digital city. Given the multitude of basic elements used to assess the level of urban digital construction, this paper, based on the actual situation of Chinese cities, has chosen the most relevant core foundational indicators. In the evaluation of the level of urban digital construction, the objective conditions and subjective goals of the construction entities are additional crucial factors in constructing the evaluation index system. This mainly includes the digital development level of the construction entities, digital output, and goals for the development of the digital industry. When constructing the evaluation index system for urban digital construction, attention should be given to the theoretical validity of the selected indicators and the various data information that needs to be collected and organized. Adjustments and improvements should be made based on actual circumstances, continuously refining and perfecting the index system.3.1.1. Primary Indicators
Based on the principles of constructing the evaluation index system (detailed principles in Appendix A) and a thorough analysis of the theory and practice of urban digitization, this paper determines five primary indicators for the urban digital construction index system: urban digital infrastructure, overall economic level, innovation development level, digital industry development status, and ecological environment status.Urban Digital Infrastructure: In the process of urban digital transformation, digital infrastructure is an essential element. It serves as the material carrier for economic activities in the international digital economy hub and is a necessary condition for its rapid development (Chen et al. 2023; Graham 2002; Masik et al. 2021; Nochta et al. 2021). Therefore, digital infrastructure, including networks, communication facilities, and digital platforms, has become a prerequisite for supporting the construction of digital cities.Overall Economic Level of the City: The overall economic level is a crucial reflection of the city’s comprehensive strength and is closely tied to the process of building a digital city (Ali 2017; Li and Camerer 2022). As China enters the high-quality development stage, the continuously improving overall economic level of cities provides robust support and guarantees for digital construction. Conversely, digital construction can enhance the overall economic level by improving economic structures, operating modes, and development environments.Innovation Development Level: As technological innovation becomes a national strategy, a city’s innovation capability has become a vital aspect of digital development (Beraja et al. 2023b; Wang et al. 2022; Zhang et al. 2022b). In a report on digital economic development by the State Council, independent innovation in key digital technologies is emphasized as an inexhaustible driving force for urban digital construction and digital economic development. Therefore, the innovation development level is considered a primary indicator to measure the progress of a city’s digital construction.Digital Industry Development Status: The development status of the digital industry is a crucial indicator of the level of urban digital construction and a driving force for digital economic development (Deng et al. 2022; Hills et al. 2019; Jensen 2007; Mpofu and Mhlanga 2022). Currently, the digital industry has become a strategic pillar industry of the national economy, exerting a strong driving force on various industries. Assessing the development of the digital industry as a primary indicator can effectively measure the key achievements in digital city construction.Ecological Environment Status: General Secretary ** has profoundly revealed the inherent mechanism and dialectical relationship between technology and the environment, emphasizing the need to rely on technological innovation to solve green development problems. Improving the urban ecological environment and promoting green development will create enormous development space for urban construction and generate numerous new economic growth points (Deng et al. 2022; Wang et al. 2022; Zhang et al. 2022b). Therefore, this paper considers the ecological environment status as a primary indicator for evaluating digital city construction.3.1.2. Secondary Indicators
Based on the practical experience of digital city construction in China, this paper conducts a detailed analysis of the connotations of the primary indicators mentioned above. Following the construction principles mentioned earlier, specific secondary indicators are selected for each primary indicator.Under the Primary Indicator of Urban Digital Infrastructure: Telecom Service Revenue (), Number of Mobile Phone Users (), and Number of Internet Broadband Access Users (). These three secondary indicators measure the fundamental and pioneering industries supporting and reflecting the development of the digital economy. A high level of digital development in a city will require telecom operators to provide more services to support its development, and it is precisely because of demand that telecom operators will implement more telecom services in a city, so the telecom operators in a city with a higher level of digital development will provide more services and generate more telecom revenue (Harwit 2004). Judging from the actual situation in China, areas with higher levels of digital development generally have a wider range of telecom services, which means that their telecom income will be higher than in other cities (Peng and Dan 2023). Therefore, a city’s telecom service revenue can reflect the size and activity of the city’s digital service market, thereby measuring the city’s digital construction level. Moreover, the number of mobile phone users and internet broadband access users reflects the development status of digital platforms, portraying the level of informatization in the city.Under the Primary Indicator of Overall Economic Level of the City: Per Capita Regional Gross Domestic Product (), Regional Gross Domestic Product Growth Rate (), and Proportion of Urban Construction Land to City Area (). These three secondary indicators reflect the economic development achievements and speed of the city, representing the overall economic level of the city in terms of quantity and quality. The proportion of urban construction land to city area also reflects the city’s economic development level from the perspective of urbanization.As far as the “Proportion of Urban Construction Land to City Area” indicator is concerned, this indicator reflects the city’s land utilization rate (Han et al. 2020). If the indicator is higher, it means that the scale, density, and shape of the city are more conducive to the spread and application of digital technology and the construction and maintenance of digital infrastructure, thus providing better physical conditions for urban digitalization. In addition, the higher the indicator, the more concentrated the urban population, industries, and services are, the stronger the economic vitality and social demand, and the stronger the demand for and consumption of digital technology, digital industry, and digital services (Chen et al. 2020; **a et al. 2020). Finally, this indicator also reflects the challenges faced by urban governance. The higher the indicator, the more likely the city will hope to improve its governance efficiency and quality through the improvement of the digitalization level. Therefore, it will be more interested in digital technology, digital industry, and digital services (Peng et al. 2022).Under the Primary Indicator of Innovation Development Level: Innovation Index Calculated Based on the Number of Invention Patents (), and Expenditure on Science and Technology (). The number of invention patents is an important indicator for measuring a city’s innovation capability, while expenditure on science and technology reflects the government’s investment in stimulating innovation. The total GDPs of major Chinese cities such as Bei**g and Shanghai are very high. Although their expenditure on science and technology is very high, the relative proportion of GDP spent in these areas is still small, and the relative ratio may not accurately characterize the real impact of science and technology spending. Therefore, here we do not use relative indicators such as the ratio of the expenditure on science and technology to the city’s GDP, etc.Under the Primary Indicator of Digital Industry Development Status: Proportion of Employees in the Tertiary Industry (), Number of Employees in the Information Transmission, Software, and Information Technology Services Industry (), Proportion of the Tertiary Industry to GDP (), and Peking University Digital Inclusive Finance Index (). These secondary indicators are selected as there is currently no specific indicator for the digital economic industry in the statistical data from official sources such as the National Bureau of Statistics and various yearbooks. The Peking University Digital Inclusive Finance Index provides a convenient channel for evaluating the development of the digital economy.Under the Primary Indicator of Ecological Environment Status: Greening Coverage Rate of the Built-up Area (), Number of Green Patents Applied (), Carbon Dioxide Emissions (), and Industrial Sulfur Dioxide Emissions (). These four secondary indicators reflect the city’s ecological greening level, the combination of digital technology and green development, and the city’s low-carbon development level in terms of carbon dioxide emissions and industrial sulfur dioxide emissions. Although the relationship between urban digital construction and emission is not simple, in general, the two aspects are related and therefore influence the status of the ecological environment. Positive views are also held on the relationship between the two (Lee et al. 2022; Lu et al. 2021; Qi et al. 2022; Wu et al. 2023; Yang et al. 2023b). As for , by using digital technology combined with environmental informatization to detect the city’s ecosystem, the city’s environmental management can be accurately achieved. The development of this form has not yet been specifically reflected in China’s urban data, but the development of smart city construction can be reflected through other indicators. The greening coverage of built-up areas reflects the greening level of the city and reflects the green development of the city. It is a key factor that needs to be considered for digital development and becoming a smart city.3.2. Construction of the Evaluation Index System
3.2.1. Indicator System
This article comprehensively considers the current state of digital economic development in China, drawing on both domestic and international experiences in constructing indicator systems. Simultaneously, based on the essence of digital cities and existing research outcomes, this article involved the selection of indicators from five dimensions: urban digital infrastructure, overall economic level, innovation and development level, digital industry development status, and urban ecological environment conditions. The result is the construction of the Urban Digitalization Development Evaluation Indicator System, as presented in Table 1.3.2.2. Data Sources
After calculating the objective weights of various indicators using the entropy method (see Appendix B), this study further computes the comprehensive evaluation scores for the level of digitalization development in various cities in China (see Table A1). Considering the continuity of the data and based on academic conventions, the research focuses on cities in mainland China during the period from 2011 to 2021 (excluding Hong Kong, the Macau Special Administrative Region, and Taiwan Province).The data for each city’s indicators during the research period are sourced from official statistical data on China’s urban digitalization process. These include the annual “China Statistical Yearbook”, “China City Statistical Yearbook”, and “China Science and Technology Statistical Yearbook”, as well as various provincial and municipal statistical yearbooks. Additionally, this study refers to digital economy research reports compiled and released by institutions such as the National Internet Information Office, the Informationization Research Department of the National Information Center, and the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology. From these sources, data on relevant indicators were collected for 297 cities nationwide.For the initially obtained indicator data, careful screening was conducted. Considering that this study primarily investigates the development level of China’s urban digital economy, cities with fewer than 2 years of data or those with discontinued or unreported statistics, including 17 cities such as Bijie City, Bozhou City, and Qamdo City, were excluded. Regarding the remaining data with occasional missing values for certain indicators in individual years, interpolation was employed to fit the gaps. As a result, data on relevant indicators for 280 Chinese cities from 2011 to 2021 were obtained.4. Results
4.1. Evaluation Results
Based on the aforementioned entropy method, this study first calculates the weights of various indicators, as shown in Table 2:Based on the comprehensive evaluation results mentioned above, this study further calculates the average scores of the digital construction level for each city in China from 2011 to 2021. Figure 1 presents the top ten and bottom ten cities based on the average scores.From the figure, it is evident that cities such as Bei**g, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Guangzhou have consistently led in digital construction throughout the observation period. This indicates that economically developed cities generally prioritize digital economy development and that their digital construction processes are in a phase of rapid advancement. However, there is a significant gap in the level of digital construction between leading cities, like Bei**g, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Guangzhou, and cities with lower rankings such as Hegang and Yichun. This suggests that without timely measures to achieve a synchronized improvement in the national urban digital development level, a “digital divide” between different cities may emerge and gradually deepen.4.2. Model Specification
Based on the computed results in the previous sections, this study, following existing research and considering the characteristics of urban digital development, takes the regional gross domestic product (GDP) as the core dependent variable. Simultaneously, the comprehensive evaluation score of the digital construction level, calculated earlier, serves as the core explanatory variable. By constructing a panel data regression model, this study empirically analyzes the causal relationship between urban digital construction level and urban economic growth.In the model selection process, the Hausman test was initially conducted, and the results indicated that a fixed-effects model is more suitable for this study. Additionally, adopting fixed effects for both years and cities aligns better with the practical aspects of this research. Therefore, this study ultimately constructs the fixed-effects model as shown in Equation (1):4.3. Variable Selection
Dependent Variable: The natural logarithm of the regional gross domestic product (GDP) for each city is selected as the dependent variable for empirical analysis. Regional GDP is a crucial indicator for measuring economic growth, and using the natural logarithm of GDP as the dependent variable helps capture the causal relationship between urban digital construction level and urban economic development.Core Explanatory Variable: The core explanatory variable is the comprehensive evaluation score of the digital construction level for each city. Calculated based on the previously constructed indicator system and evaluation method, it covers the digital construction level reflected by 5 primary indicators and 16 secondary indicators.Control Variables: The control variables in this econometric model mainly include the natural logarithms of the end-of-period number of employees in urban units (), the number of industrial enterprises above a designated size (), the natural logarithm of fixed asset investment (), and the natural logarithm of public budget expenditure (). The selection of these control variables aims to control, to the greatest extent possible, the impact of urban unit employees, large-scale industrial enterprises, and fixed asset investment on regional GDP. This helps reflect the extent to which the urban digital construction level affects urban economic development.Descriptive statistics for all variables are provided in Table A2.4.4. Empirical Results and Analysis
Based on the variable specifications and data sources mentioned above, the econometric model represented by Equation (8) was used to obtain the benchmark regression results for the impact of urban digital construction on regional economic growth, as shown in Table 3. Columns (1) and (5) present the OLS regression results without and with control variables, respectively. Columns (3) and (7) further control for year and city fixed effects. According to the overall results of the benchmark regression, the coefficients of the dependent variable are significantly positive, with most being statistically significant at the 1% level. This result further confirms the calculation results of the indicator evaluation system mentioned earlier, indicating that the level of urban digital construction plays a crucial and significant role in driving and promoting economic development.In the context of urban digitization, for every 1 percentage point increase in the digitization process, the regional gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to increase by 1.1058 percentage points. Similarly, a 1 percentage point increase in the proportion of urban employed persons to the total workforce leads to a 0.1267 percentage point increase in regional GDP. The presence of a 1 percentage point higher value in the number of industrial enterprises above a certain scale corresponds to a 0.3256 percentage point increase in regional GDP. Additionally, a 1 percentage point rise in fixed asset investment is associated with a 0.1555 percentage point increase in regional GDP. Conversely, a 1 percentage point increase in public budget expenditure results in a decrease of 0.0279 percentage points in regional GDP.Regarding the controlled variables, the regression results suggest that the number of year-end urban employed persons, the number of industrial enterprises above a certain scale, fixed asset investment, and public budget expenditure all have positive impacts on urban regional GDP. The underlying mechanisms can be elucidated as follows: Year-End Urban Employed Persons: This variable reflects the employment and urbanization status of the city. When both the employment rate and urbanization rate are at higher levels, the overall production level of the city tends to be higher. Output increases continuously with the improvement of productivity. Number of Industrial Enterprises above a Certain Scale: These enterprises essentially constitute a crucial source of urban regional GDP. An increase in the number of industrial enterprises results in an elevation of industrial GDP, consequently leading to an overall increase in urban regional GDP. Fixed Asset Investment: This variable has consistently been a significant factor influencing regional GDP. An increase in fixed asset investment indicates a rise in current and future inputs for driving economic development. This not only generates a current increase in regional GDP but also enhances long-term production output, thereby creating a dual-increase effect. Public Budget Expenditure: From a fiscal perspective, public budget expenditure reflects the city’s spending situation. An increase in public budget expenditure indicates a greater financial outlay by the city. However, this may not necessarily exert a very strong stimulating effect on driving urban economic development.5. Test and Analysis
5.1. Endogeneity Test
Endogeneity is an indispensable consideration in empirical research. In the empirical analysis of this paper, although the impact of urban digitalization on regional economic growth is significant, there exists a theoretical bidirectional causal relationship between the two factors. Additionally, there are numerous factors influencing urban regional GDP, leading to the inevitable presence of omitted variable issues in regression analysis. Therefore, this paper further employs the instrumental variable (IV) approach to examine potential endogeneity issues in the aforementioned empirical analysis.The chosen instrumental variable in this study is the number of employees in the information transmission, software, and information technology services industry. This variable simultaneously satisfies the requirements of relevance and exogeneity for instrumental variables. On one hand, the mentioned industry is a core sector of the digital economy, and the number of employees in this industry is a crucial indicator considered in constructing the urban digitalization process index system. Hence, it is closely related to the digitalization processes in various cities, meeting the relevance requirement for instrumental variables. On the other hand, based on principles of macroeconomics, regional GDP is composed of consumption, investment, government purchases, and net exports. The variation in the number of employees in the information transmission, software, and information technology services industry mainly stems from the expansion and contraction of the industry itself, lacking a direct connection with regional GDP. Furthermore, as one of the indicators measuring the digital information industry, the number of employees in this sector can only influence regional GDP through the development of urban digitalization processes. Therefore, it has no direct or indirect relationship with potential factors affecting regional GDP (residual terms in the regression), meeting the exogeneity requirement for instrumental variables.From the results in Table 3, it is evident that the coefficient of urban digitalization processes on regional GDP remains significantly positive, consistent with the earlier findings. Simultaneously, the instrumental variable undergoes overidentification and weak instrumental variable tests, where the F-statistic value exceeds 10 with a p-value of 0.000. Furthermore, the Hausman test yields a p-value of 0.000, rejecting the null hypothesis that all explanatory variables are exogenous, indicating the need for instrumental variable correction. These results affirm the credibility of selecting the number of employees in the information transmission, software, and information technology services industry as the instrumental variable for urban digitalization processes in this study.5.2. Robustness Test
5.2.1. Substitution of Core Explanatory Variable
Despite the significant empirical results obtained in the previous analysis and the passing of endogeneity tests using instrumental variables, it is essential to conduct a robustness test to ensure the accuracy of the empirical findings. Based on the weight scores of the indicator system in Table 2, this paper reorganized the primary and secondary indicators according to their weighted scores, resulting in the ranking of indicator weights, as shown in Table A3.Due to the higher weights assigned to indicators in the objective weighted scores, indicating their greater reference value and importance for urban digitalization, this paper, considering the characteristics of digital city development, selected the highest-weighted secondary indicators in Table A3 as the core explanatory variables for the robustness test. These include the Digital Inclusive Finance Index (), Innovation Index (), Green Patent Applications (), and the Number of Internet Broadband Access Users (). Detailed test results can be found in Table A4 and Table A5.In both tables, it is observed that the impact coefficients of the core explanatory variables are consistently positive at the 1% significance level. The Digital Inclusive Finance Index, as an effective indicator of digital economic development, plays a crucial role in narrowing regional economic development gaps and promoting economic growth. The increase in the Innovation Index is significant for innovative development, serving as a key driver of economic progress. The positive impact of Green Patent Applications on regional GDP contributes to the advancement of both ecology and technology, fostering sustainable productivity. The increase in the number of internet broadband access users reflects the economic development strength of the region, making it a significant factor in the regression results. The robustness test, employing these core explanatory variables, reaffirms the reliability and stability of the empirical results, providing additional confidence in the findings.5.2.2. Substitution of Control Variables
According to the evaluation indicator system, this paper subsequently selected the natural logarithm of year-end mobile phone users (), the natural logarithm of per capita regional GDP (), the proportion of urban construction land to municipal area (), the proportion of tertiary industry employees (), and the natural logarithm of carbon dioxide emissions () as control variables, replacing the original set of control variables. The regression results after substituting control variables can be found in Table A6 and Table A7.In the overall benchmark regression results, the coefficients of each control variable are significantly positive at the 1% significance level. This further confirms the calculation results of the indicator evaluation system mentioned earlier.5.2.3. Selection of Different Study Periods
As mentioned earlier, China’s digital economy has undergone three main stages of development. Currently, with the digital economy entering the third stage of intelligent development, the country has clearly defined the overall planning and guiding principles for digital economic development at the top-level design, making it an important national strategy. Since 2015, China has continuously formulated and released development strategies and implementation plans in the field of the digital economy, aiming to elevate it to new heights. The term “digital economy” officially appeared in Premier Li Keqiang’s government work report in 2017. Since then, many core indicators of the digital economy have had clear measurements and statistics. Accordingly, this paper chose three different research periods, 2011–2014, 2015–2016, and 2017–2021, to test the robustness of aforementioned empirical results further. Detailed test results can be found in Table A8.From the table, it can be observed that the coefficients of the core explanatory variables are significantly positive at the 1% level, and other variables also exhibit good levels of significance. When using data from the period 2017–2021 for testing, the coefficient significantly increases, indicating that the digital economy has become a crucial driver of economic development in China. This demonstrates that the regression results after selecting different study periods remain consistent with the earlier empirical analysis results, confirming that the empirical analysis of this paper has passed this robustness test.5.3. Heterogeneity Analysis
As mentioned earlier, there is a significant “digital divide” phenomenon in the development of China’s digital economy among different cities and even substantial regional disparities in overall economic development. Considering the imbalance in resource endowments and economic development among different regions, this section divides China’s provinces into three major regions: East, Central, and West. A panel fixed-effects model is employed to conduct heterogeneity analysis, exploring whether there are differences in the level of digital construction among regions.The regional division in China began in 1986, officially announced during the Fourth Session of the Sixth National People’s Congress as part of the “Seventh Five-Year Plan”. The National Development and Reform Commission explained that the division into East, Central, and West is a policy-based rather than a geographical-based distinction. Specifically, the East includes 11 provinces (municipalities): Bei**g, Tian**, Hebei, Liaoning, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Shandong, Guangdong, and Hainan. The Central region comprises 10 provinces (autonomous regions): Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, and Guangxi. The West includes 10 provinces (autonomous regions): Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Chongqing, and **njiang.In this heterogeneity test, two main components are considered. First, the impact of the level of digital construction on regional GDP is regressed across the East, Central, and West regions to examine whether there are significant differences between the different regions. Second, the evaluation scores of digital constructions are used as the dependent variable, regressed against high-weighted core indicators separately for each region to investigate whether there are regional differences in digital construction in various cities. Table 4 reports the results of the heterogeneity analysis obtained by regressing the comprehensive evaluation score of digital construction (Digcity) as the core explanatory variable against regional GDP in different regions.From the table, it is evident that only in the Eastern and Central regions do the digital constructions of cities have a significant positive impact on regional GDP. One possible reason for this is that the digitalization process in the Western region is still in a developmental stage requiring the sustained expansion of investments, and its input–output ratio has not achieved the same favorable outcomes as in the Central and Eastern regions.Subsequently, this study employs the Digital Inclusive Finance Index (), Innovation Index (), Green Patent Applications (), and Internet Broadband Access Users () as core explanatory variables. These are regressed against the evaluation scores of digital constructions in different regions to obtain results for heterogeneity analysis. The detailed findings of the tests can be found in Table A9, Table A10, Table A11 and Table A12.In the regressions involving the Digital Inclusive Finance Index, Innovation Index, and Internet Broadband Access Users, the coefficients for all three regions are positive and statistically significant at the 1% level. This implies that there are no significant differences among the three regions concerning the impact of green development on the digital economy.However, in the results obtained with Green Patent Applications as the core explanatory variable, only the coefficient for the Eastern region is statistically significant at the 1% level (please refer to Table A11). This suggests regional differences in the development process of urban digital construction in China. Due to the higher level of digital industry development in the Eastern region compared to the Central and Western regions, the impact of Green Patent Applications on driving the digital construction process is more pronounced in the East. In the Central and Western regions, where the digital economy and industry development are relatively lagging, its driving effect still needs further manifestation.6. Conclusions
Based on the data of 280 cities in China from 2011 to 2021, this paper constructs a comprehensive evaluation index system for the level of urban digital construction, uses the entropy method to weigh various indicators, and obtains the evaluation results of the digital construction level of each city. On this basis, this paper further uses a panel data regression model to empirically analyze the impact of the urban digital construction level on urban economic growth. The main conclusions are as follows.6.1. Theoretical Conclusions
First, from a theoretical perspective, this paper comprehensively considers the various aspects of urban digital construction from the five dimensions of digital infrastructure, overall economic level, innovation development level, digital industry development status, and ecological environment conditions, and constructs a systematic evaluation index system to provide a feasible method for the quantitative evaluation of the level of urban digital construction (please refer to Table 1 and Table 2). Moreover, an econometric model based on the causal relationship between the level of digital construction and economic growth is developed (please refer to Section 4.2), which empirically tests the impact of urban digital construction on urban economic growth, providing new evidence for theoretical research on urban digital construction.6.2. Practical Conclusions
Secondly, at the practical level, the results of the empirical analysis show that the level of urban digital construction has a significant positive role in promoting economic growth, and these results have passed a series of robustness tests, proving their reliability. Specifically, every 1% increase in a city’s digital construction level will increase its GDP by 0.974. This result shows that urban digital construction is an important way to promote urban economic growth and an effective means to enhance a city’s comprehensive competitiveness. This paper also found that there are large differences in the level of digital construction between different cities, indicating that the imbalance of urban digital construction is still prominent.6.3. Social Conclusions
Finally, in terms of social value, this research has important social value and policy significance. On the one hand, it provides a scientific tool for evaluating and monitoring the level of urban digital construction. It can help the government and all sectors of society understand the status quo and trends of urban digital construction, identify problems and deficiencies in a timely manner, formulate reasonable goals and measures, and promote urban digitalization and the healthy development of construction. On the other hand, it provides a strong basis for promoting the coordinated development of urban digital construction and economic growth. It can help the government and all sectors of society to fully understand the important role of digital construction in urban development, increase investment and support for digital construction, optimize the environment and mechanisms of digital construction, stimulate the vitality and innovation of digital construction, and achieve a positive interaction between urban digital construction and economic growth.6.4. Policy Recommendations
Based on the research conclusions, the following policy recommendations are put forward:Firstly, enhance the construction of urban digital infrastructure. Digital infrastructure is a prerequisite for the transformation of urban digitization and a crucial driving force for improving the level of urban digitization and enhancing economic growth efficiency. Therefore, investments in digital infrastructure, including broadband networks, cloud computing, the Internet of Things (IoT), and big data, should be increased to achieve the deep integration of digital infrastructure with other areas of the city.Secondly, support the improvement of urban innovation development. Innovation is the core driving force for urban development and a key element in promoting urban digital transformation. Therefore, efforts should be made to strengthen the research and application of cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, and digital twins. Additionally, fostering and attracting innovative digital enterprises and talents, and constructing and perfecting innovation ecosystems and service platforms, will stimulate innovation vitality and drive the high-quality development of the urban economy.Thirdly, narrow the “digital divide” between cities in different regions. To address the imbalance in regional development, it is essential to promote the sharing and connectivity of digital resources among cities. Moreover, cities in the eastern region should actively share their successful experiences in digital transformation to assist cities in the central and western regions in improving their digital construction levels. The central government can establish special funds to support the digital construction of cities in the central and western regions, thereby promoting balanced regional development and further narrowing the “digital divide”.Lastly, ensure a talent pool for digital construction. To meet the development needs of the digital economy, cities should comprehensively enhance the digital skills and literacy of citizens. The government can establish special funds to support schools and enterprises in offering digital skills courses and training programs. Simultaneously, through policy guidance, various sectors of society should be encouraged to actively participate in the promotion of digital education.There are still some shortcomings in this research, as follows:On the one hand, the evaluation index system for urban digital construction can be further improved. Due to limitations in data availability, when constructing an evaluation index system for urban digital construction, this paper does not cover all aspects of urban digital construction. Future research can further enrich and optimize the urban digital construction evaluation index system based on the updating and improvement of data, making it more scientific and comprehensive.On the other hand, urban digital construction is a dynamic process, and the level and effect of urban digital construction may also change over time. Future research can consider introducing methods such as panel threshold models and panel cointegration models to analyze the dynamics of urban digital construction to reveal the deeper laws and mechanisms of urban digital construction.
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Appendix A. Principles for Constructing an Evaluation Indicator System
Appendix B. Empowerment Methodology
2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
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Ankang | 0.3384 | 0.3540 | 0.3644 | 0.3729 | 0.3950 | 0.4198 | 0.4599 | 0.4510 | 0.4729 | 0.4333 | 0.4734 |
Anqing | 0.3750 | 0.4103 | 0.4324 | 0.4496 | 0.4908 | 0.5250 | 0.5731 | 0.5497 | 0.5827 | 0.5970 | 0.6266 |
Anshun | 0.2962 | 0.3378 | 0.3633 | 0.4001 | 0.4303 | 0.4607 | 0.4874 | 0.4987 | 0.4996 | 0.5008 | 0.5478 |
Anyang | 0.3807 | 0.3997 | 0.4196 | 0.4352 | 0.4650 | 0.4916 | 0.5289 | 0.5368 | 0.5528 | 0.5503 | 0.5631 |
Anshan | 0.4556 | 0.4672 | 0.4925 | 0.4983 | 0.5154 | 0.5270 | 0.5484 | 0.5538 | 0.5584 | 0.5578 | 0.5639 |
Bayannur | 0.2868 | 0.2996 | 0.3242 | 0.3492 | 0.3730 | 0.4127 | 0.4413 | 0.4231 | 0.4615 | 0.4768 | 0.5022 |
Bazhong | 0.2645 | 0.2958 | 0.3142 | 0.3477 | 0.3807 | 0.4079 | 0.4208 | 0.4105 | 0.4390 | 0.4290 | 0.4409 |
Baicheng | 0.2916 | 0.3177 | 0.3449 | 0.3517 | 0.3702 | 0.3978 | 0.4596 | 0.4293 | 0.4532 | 0.4603 | 0.4927 |
Baishan | 0.3282 | 0.3290 | 0.3433 | 0.3519 | 0.3661 | 0.3992 | 0.4096 | 0.4262 | 0.4523 | 0.4458 | 0.4730 |
Baiyin | 0.2440 | 0.3044 | 0.3292 | 0.3546 | 0.3697 | 0.4096 | 0.4641 | 0.4427 | 0.4603 | 0.4702 | 0.4952 |
Baise | 0.3074 | 0.3159 | 0.3263 | 0.3609 | 0.3900 | 0.4336 | 0.4821 | 0.4615 | 0.4931 | 0.5170 | 0.5478 |
Bengbu | 0.3958 | 0.4257 | 0.4494 | 0.4735 | 0.5029 | 0.5456 | 0.5657 | 0.5783 | 0.5948 | 0.6033 | 0.6243 |
Baotou | 0.4103 | 0.4425 | 0.4624 | 0.4833 | 0.4989 | 0.5368 | 0.5663 | 0.5543 | 0.5731 | 0.5894 | 0.6145 |
Baoji | 0.3763 | 0.4301 | 0.4384 | 0.4621 | 0.4836 | 0.5030 | 0.5393 | 0.5455 | 0.5659 | 0.5832 | 0.5992 |
Baoding | 0.4526 | 0.4824 | 0.4937 | 0.5143 | 0.5356 | 0.5618 | 0.6111 | 0.6163 | 0.6506 | 0.6630 | 0.6961 |
Baoshan | 0.2527 | 0.2806 | 0.3017 | 0.3209 | 0.3509 | 0.3682 | 0.4184 | 0.4093 | 0.4550 | 0.4714 | 0.4978 |
Beihai | 0.3496 | 0.3817 | 0.4051 | 0.4216 | 0.4461 | 0.4719 | 0.5343 | 0.5147 | 0.5305 | 0.5393 | 0.5603 |
Bei**g | 0.7583 | 0.7899 | 0.8304 | 0.8407 | 0.8592 | 0.8738 | 0.8920 | 0.9082 | 0.9389 | 0.9306 | 0.9334 |
Benxi | 0.3560 | 0.3683 | 0.3955 | 0.4140 | 0.4299 | 0.4324 | 0.4607 | 0.4439 | 0.4572 | 0.4769 | 0.5027 |
Binzhou | 0.3281 | 0.3403 | 0.3659 | 0.3627 | 0.3797 | 0.4020 | 0.4332 | 0.4280 | 0.4535 | 0.4766 | 0.5014 |
Cangzhou | 0.3594 | 0.3777 | 0.3993 | 0.4124 | 0.4353 | 0.4504 | 0.5144 | 0.4913 | 0.5128 | 0.5292 | 0.4977 |
Changde | 0.3822 | 0.4159 | 0.4384 | 0.4645 | 0.4918 | 0.5226 | 0.5449 | 0.5662 | 0.5986 | 0.6325 | 0.5954 |
Changchun | 0.5131 | 0.5562 | 0.5642 | 0.5699 | 0.6039 | 0.6305 | 0.6429 | 0.6618 | 0.6719 | 0.6851 | 0.7038 |
Changsha | 0.5628 | 0.6092 | 0.6284 | 0.6337 | 0.6688 | 0.6975 | 0.7347 | 0.7471 | 0.7745 | 0.7853 | 0.7633 |
Changzhi | 0.3518 | 0.3945 | 0.3990 | 0.4207 | 0.4474 | 0.4730 | 0.5147 | 0.5111 | 0.5373 | 0.4753 | 0.4899 |
Changzhou | 0.4079 | 0.4354 | 0.4744 | 0.4678 | 0.4854 | 0.5059 | 0.5045 | 0.5299 | 0.5495 | 0.5700 | 0.5486 |
Chaoyang | 0.3285 | 0.3461 | 0.3669 | 0.3922 | 0.4068 | 0.4401 | 0.4677 | 0.4649 | 0.4878 | 0.5077 | 0.4788 |
Chaozhou | 0.3272 | 0.3416 | 0.3481 | 0.3761 | 0.3719 | 0.3927 | 0.3858 | 0.4074 | 0.4275 | 0.4464 | 0.4243 |
Chenzhou | 0.3091 | 0.3343 | 0.3623 | 0.3754 | 0.3953 | 0.4146 | 0.4465 | 0.4555 | 0.4742 | 0.4817 | 0.4597 |
Chengdu | 0.5945 | 0.6269 | 0.6843 | 0.6873 | 0.7299 | 0.7551 | 0.7657 | 0.7902 | 0.8237 | 0.8597 | 0.8296 |
Chengde | 0.3530 | 0.3841 | 0.4025 | 0.4163 | 0.4434 | 0.4720 | 0.5075 | 0.5074 | 0.5269 | 0.5506 | 0.5228 |
Chizhou | 0.2679 | 0.3070 | 0.3185 | 0.3225 | 0.3564 | 0.3835 | 0.3708 | 0.3929 | 0.4158 | 0.4357 | 0.4666 |
Chifeng | 0.3502 | 0.3688 | 0.3970 | 0.4125 | 0.4369 | 0.4551 | 0.4759 | 0.4972 | 0.5131 | 0.5066 | 0.5295 |
Chongqing | 0.5642 | 0.5826 | 0.6209 | 0.6435 | 0.6726 | 0.6852 | 0.7099 | 0.7109 | 0.7572 | 0.7360 | 0.7548 |
Chongzuo | 0.2351 | 0.2644 | 0.3020 | 0.3494 | 0.3857 | 0.4275 | 0.4629 | 0.4664 | 0.4859 | 0.4898 | 0.5086 |
Chuzhou | 0.3144 | 0.3432 | 0.3609 | 0.3837 | 0.4004 | 0.4204 | 0.4455 | 0.4599 | 0.4700 | 0.4718 | 0.5005 |
Dazhou | 0.2803 | 0.3127 | 0.3120 | 0.3278 | 0.3460 | 0.3715 | 0.4216 | 0.3997 | 0.4275 | 0.4136 | 0.4051 |
Dalian | 0.5562 | 0.5845 | 0.6112 | 0.6090 | 0.6315 | 0.6540 | 0.6893 | 0.6921 | 0.7019 | 0.7071 | 0.7267 |
Daqing | 0.4195 | 0.4426 | 0.4799 | 0.4664 | 0.4834 | 0.5105 | 0.5302 | 0.5233 | 0.5365 | 0.5507 | 0.5721 |
Datong | 0.3589 | 0.4006 | 0.4205 | 0.4297 | 0.4591 | 0.4759 | 0.5124 | 0.5130 | 0.5377 | 0.5575 | 0.5791 |
Dandong | 0.3934 | 0.4150 | 0.4238 | 0.4344 | 0.4464 | 0.4772 | 0.5219 | 0.5076 | 0.5243 | 0.5390 | 0.5708 |
Deyang | 0.3711 | 0.4402 | 0.4403 | 0.4593 | 0.4862 | 0.5119 | 0.5631 | 0.5504 | 0.5687 | 0.5343 | 0.5511 |
Dezhou | 0.3212 | 0.3592 | 0.3784 | 0.3836 | 0.3978 | 0.4223 | 0.4518 | 0.4497 | 0.4741 | 0.4483 | 0.4812 |
Dingxi | 0.2702 | 0.3051 | 0.3285 | 0.3451 | 0.3708 | 0.3950 | 0.4351 | 0.4325 | 0.4633 | 0.4215 | 0.4879 |
Dongguan | 0.5479 | 0.5810 | 0.6062 | 0.5976 | 0.6256 | 0.6382 | 0.6756 | 0.6858 | 0.7090 | 0.6635 | 0.6921 |
Dongying | 0.4049 | 0.4469 | 0.4635 | 0.4775 | 0.4967 | 0.5028 | 0.5332 | 0.5375 | 0.5602 | 0.5327 | 0.5623 |
Ordos | 0.3707 | 0.3978 | 0.4193 | 0.4303 | 0.4546 | 0.4674 | 0.5250 | 0.5103 | 0.5236 | 0.4719 | 0.5024 |
Ezhou | 0.2324 | 0.2677 | 0.2872 | 0.2938 | 0.3125 | 0.3438 | 0.3708 | 0.3771 | 0.4022 | 0.3640 | 0.3878 |
Fangchenggang | 0.2399 | 0.2980 | 0.3166 | 0.3589 | 0.3766 | 0.3906 | 0.4279 | 0.4168 | 0.4624 | 0.4314 | 0.4574 |
Foshan | 0.5394 | 0.5611 | 0.5781 | 0.5830 | 0.6081 | 0.6172 | 0.6622 | 0.6762 | 0.7045 | 0.6671 | 0.7112 |
Fuzhou | 0.4098 | 0.4433 | 0.4657 | 0.4757 | 0.5003 | 0.5059 | 0.5602 | 0.5499 | 0.5605 | 0.5747 | 0.5922 |
Fushun | 0.3805 | 0.4072 | 0.4184 | 0.4302 | 0.4565 | 0.4459 | 0.4843 | 0.4811 | 0.4845 | 0.4979 | 0.5241 |
Fuzhou | 0.2722 | 0.2969 | 0.3135 | 0.3248 | 0.3483 | 0.3576 | 0.4058 | 0.4169 | 0.4371 | 0.5402 | 0.5804 |
Fuxin | 0.3244 | 0.3583 | 0.3722 | 0.3921 | 0.4051 | 0.4356 | 0.4701 | 0.4704 | 0.4953 | 0.4989 | 0.5080 |
Fuyang | 0.3607 | 0.4057 | 0.4377 | 0.4315 | 0.4755 | 0.5091 | 0.5501 | 0.5467 | 0.5842 | 0.6107 | 0.6340 |
Ganzhou | 0.3266 | 0.3607 | 0.3704 | 0.3877 | 0.4117 | 0.4382 | 0.4756 | 0.4800 | 0.5046 | 0.5141 | 0.5390 |
Guyuan | 0.2268 | 0.2573 | 0.2783 | 0.2903 | 0.3173 | 0.3451 | 0.3879 | 0.3739 | 0.4150 | 0.4331 | 0.4728 |
Guang’an | 0.2965 | 0.3306 | 0.3426 | 0.3672 | 0.4035 | 0.4230 | 0.4343 | 0.4294 | 0.4654 | 0.4707 | 0.4957 |
Guangyuan | 0.3227 | 0.3457 | 0.3688 | 0.3856 | 0.4077 | 0.4386 | 0.4672 | 0.4624 | 0.4760 | 0.4741 | 0.5014 |
Guangzhou | 0.6994 | 0.7224 | 0.7717 | 0.7595 | 0.7738 | 0.8015 | 0.8238 | 0.8432 | 0.8634 | 0.8782 | 0.8991 |
Guigang | 0.2889 | 0.3376 | 0.3654 | 0.3805 | 0.4043 | 0.4312 | 0.4845 | 0.4762 | 0.5296 | 0.5300 | 0.4942 |
Guiyang | 0.4905 | 0.5259 | 0.5664 | 0.5798 | 0.5983 | 0.6165 | 0.6476 | 0.6574 | 0.6775 | 0.6960 | 0.6698 |
Guilin | 0.4325 | 0.4634 | 0.4836 | 0.4956 | 0.5137 | 0.5446 | 0.5842 | 0.5784 | 0.6192 | 0.6349 | 0.6124 |
Harbin | 0.5731 | 0.5814 | 0.6336 | 0.6188 | 0.6456 | 0.6682 | 0.6972 | 0.6916 | 0.7212 | 0.7320 | 0.7083 |
Haikou | 0.5132 | 0.5366 | 0.5824 | 0.5843 | 0.6075 | 0.6274 | 0.6595 | 0.6559 | 0.6838 | 0.6918 | 0.6727 |
Handan | 0.4258 | 0.4617 | 0.4618 | 0.4803 | 0.5111 | 0.5249 | 0.5646 | 0.5556 | 0.5815 | 0.6067 | 0.5767 |
Hanzhong | 0.3410 | 0.3761 | 0.4058 | 0.4107 | 0.4381 | 0.4649 | 0.4872 | 0.4881 | 0.5073 | 0.5128 | 0.5030 |
Hangzhou | 0.6302 | 0.6597 | 0.6910 | 0.6889 | 0.7211 | 0.7456 | 0.7668 | 0.7731 | 0.8015 | 0.8205 | 0.7912 |
Hefei | 0.5149 | 0.5406 | 0.5729 | 0.5886 | 0.6297 | 0.6654 | 0.7053 | 0.7099 | 0.7509 | 0.7275 | 0.7570 |
Hechi | 0.2471 | 0.3044 | 0.3349 | 0.3662 | 0.4004 | 0.4482 | 0.4824 | 0.4750 | 0.4906 | 0.5031 | 0.5239 |
Heyuan | 0.3166 | 0.3344 | 0.3775 | 0.4000 | 0.4277 | 0.4600 | 0.4972 | 0.5179 | 0.5416 | 0.5601 | 0.5892 |
Heze | 0.4014 | 0.4285 | 0.4569 | 0.4600 | 0.4887 | 0.5175 | 0.5452 | 0.5437 | 0.5775 | 0.6020 | 0.6199 |
Hezhou | 0.2464 | 0.2804 | 0.2941 | 0.3208 | 0.3354 | 0.3667 | 0.3980 | 0.4013 | 0.4116 | 0.4114 | 0.4377 |
Hebi | 0.2707 | 0.3006 | 0.3364 | 0.3545 | 0.3592 | 0.3935 | 0.4354 | 0.4517 | 0.4765 | 0.4938 | 0.5221 |
Hegang | 0.2318 | 0.2648 | 0.2873 | 0.2669 | 0.2968 | 0.3206 | 0.3483 | 0.3420 | 0.3731 | 0.3817 | 0.4141 |
Heihe | 0.2297 | 0.2585 | 0.2952 | 0.3018 | 0.3057 | 0.3605 | 0.4058 | 0.3778 | 0.3924 | 0.4036 | 0.4453 |
Hengshui | 0.3772 | 0.4063 | 0.4199 | 0.4352 | 0.4608 | 0.4967 | 0.5566 | 0.5425 | 0.5722 | 0.5825 | 0.6023 |
Hengyang | 0.3803 | 0.4118 | 0.4429 | 0.4641 | 0.4825 | 0.5126 | 0.5625 | 0.5755 | 0.5996 | 0.6145 | 0.5984 |
Hohhot | 0.4660 | 0.5083 | 0.5518 | 0.5563 | 0.5747 | 0.6032 | 0.6215 | 0.6413 | 0.6735 | 0.6299 | 0.6613 |
Huludao | 0.3388 | 0.3844 | 0.3867 | 0.3967 | 0.4084 | 0.4389 | 0.4770 | 0.4780 | 0.4912 | 0.4340 | 0.4746 |
Huzhou | 0.3543 | 0.3810 | 0.4112 | 0.4226 | 0.4295 | 0.4506 | 0.4758 | 0.4923 | 0.5019 | 0.4636 | 0.4869 |
Huaihua | 0.3526 | 0.3964 | 0.4248 | 0.4341 | 0.4606 | 0.4915 | 0.5570 | 0.5410 | 0.5718 | 0.5243 | 0.5715 |
Huai’an | 0.4195 | 0.4509 | 0.4898 | 0.4891 | 0.5066 | 0.5385 | 0.5608 | 0.5861 | 0.6191 | 0.5915 | 0.6330 |
Huaibei | 0.3063 | 0.3437 | 0.3745 | 0.3926 | 0.4174 | 0.4557 | 0.4846 | 0.4841 | 0.5220 | 0.5131 | 0.5418 |
Huainan | 0.3160 | 0.3604 | 0.3868 | 0.4035 | 0.4422 | 0.4786 | 0.5093 | 0.5113 | 0.5464 | 0.5157 | 0.5384 |
Huanggang | 0.3228 | 0.3724 | 0.4016 | 0.4138 | 0.4401 | 0.4688 | 0.5192 | 0.5179 | 0.5568 | 0.5038 | 0.5592 |
Huangshan | 0.3867 | 0.4121 | 0.4419 | 0.4514 | 0.4769 | 0.4936 | 0.5316 | 0.5345 | 0.5556 | 0.5745 | 0.6034 |
Huangshi | 0.3315 | 0.3693 | 0.4001 | 0.4200 | 0.4379 | 0.4686 | 0.5023 | 0.5046 | 0.5444 | 0.5524 | 0.6104 |
Huizhou | 0.3602 | 0.3874 | 0.4290 | 0.4309 | 0.4479 | 0.4630 | 0.4729 | 0.4820 | 0.5008 | 0.5142 | 0.5435 |
Jixi | 0.3057 | 0.3271 | 0.3622 | 0.3525 | 0.3755 | 0.3883 | 0.4047 | 0.4281 | 0.4571 | 0.4496 | 0.5111 |
Ji’an | 0.3304 | 0.3626 | 0.3839 | 0.3966 | 0.4144 | 0.4411 | 0.4848 | 0.4953 | 0.5179 | 0.5354 | 0.5734 |
Jilin | 0.4229 | 0.4383 | 0.4679 | 0.4775 | 0.4932 | 0.5043 | 0.5353 | 0.5393 | 0.5473 | 0.5481 | 0.5569 |
**an | 0.5655 | 0.5906 | 0.6312 | 0.6483 | 0.6716 | 0.6890 | 0.7108 | 0.7262 | 0.7630 | 0.7611 | 0.7348 |
**ing | 0.4170 | 0.4463 | 0.4762 | 0.5016 | 0.5211 | 0.5439 | 0.5701 | 0.5705 | 0.5975 | 0.6317 | 0.6164 |
Jiamusi | 0.3269 | 0.3546 | 0.4077 | 0.4028 | 0.4128 | 0.4235 | 0.4897 | 0.4257 | 0.4547 | 0.4762 | 0.4729 |
Jiaxing | 0.4423 | 0.4727 | 0.5016 | 0.5117 | 0.5360 | 0.5538 | 0.5864 | 0.5965 | 0.6435 | 0.6296 | 0.6562 |
Jiayuguan | 0.2239 | 0.2514 | 0.2754 | 0.3331 | 0.3379 | 0.3837 | 0.3963 | 0.4044 | 0.4238 | 0.3442 | 0.3774 |
Jiangmen | 0.4014 | 0.4339 | 0.4670 | 0.4980 | 0.5071 | 0.5273 | 0.5488 | 0.5694 | 0.5935 | 0.5863 | 0.6088 |
Jiaozuo | 0.3902 | 0.4104 | 0.4376 | 0.4592 | 0.4851 | 0.5223 | 0.5356 | 0.5555 | 0.5848 | 0.5302 | 0.5580 |
Jieyang | 0.4119 | 0.4341 | 0.4356 | 0.4511 | 0.4662 | 0.4903 | 0.5035 | 0.5529 | 0.5970 | 0.5582 | 0.5853 |
**chang | 0.2131 | 0.2465 | 0.2608 | 0.2955 | 0.3127 | 0.3574 | 0.3534 | 0.3772 | 0.4179 | 0.3960 | 0.4300 |
**hua | 0.4611 | 0.4875 | 0.5254 | 0.5307 | 0.5571 | 0.5754 | 0.5960 | 0.6187 | 0.6556 | 0.6528 | 0.6932 |
**zhou | 0.3435 | 0.3533 | 0.3776 | 0.3949 | 0.4029 | 0.4115 | 0.4431 | 0.4510 | 0.4901 | 0.4278 | 0.4521 |
**cheng | 0.3402 | 0.3600 | 0.3815 | 0.4048 | 0.4305 | 0.4586 | 0.4995 | 0.4970 | 0.5279 | 0.5013 | 0.5289 |
**zhong | 0.3636 | 0.3672 | 0.3985 | 0.4179 | 0.4450 | 0.4822 | 0.4840 | 0.4972 | 0.5286 | 0.5355 | 0.5572 |
**gmen | 0.3266 | 0.3408 | 0.3799 | 0.3962 | 0.4197 | 0.4449 | 0.4658 | 0.5030 | 0.5255 | 0.5360 | 0.5756 |
**gzhou | 0.3095 | 0.3242 | 0.3547 | 0.3595 | 0.3867 | 0.4155 | 0.4483 | 0.4437 | 0.4664 | 0.4649 | 0.5026 |
**gdezhen | 0.3193 | 0.3446 | 0.3921 | 0.4018 | 0.4295 | 0.4545 | 0.5056 | 0.4856 | 0.5250 | 0.5185 | 0.5555 |
Jiujiang | 0.3540 | 0.3653 | 0.4091 | 0.4268 | 0.4656 | 0.4843 | 0.5425 | 0.5239 | 0.5505 | 0.5784 | 0.6074 |
Jiuquan | 0.3109 | 0.3227 | 0.3463 | 0.3497 | 0.3850 | 0.4223 | 0.4656 | 0.4670 | 0.4764 | 0.4705 | 0.4941 |
Kaifeng | 0.3752 | 0.3728 | 0.4137 | 0.4305 | 0.4640 | 0.4857 | 0.5326 | 0.5358 | 0.5569 | 0.5715 | 0.6040 |
Karamay | 0.2831 | 0.3187 | 0.3337 | 0.3533 | 0.3895 | 0.4146 | 0.4386 | 0.4409 | 0.4617 | 0.4713 | 0.4784 |
Kunming | 0.4843 | 0.5345 | 0.5583 | 0.5820 | 0.5995 | 0.6177 | 0.6541 | 0.6495 | 0.6819 | 0.7155 | 0.7365 |
Laibin | 0.2629 | 0.3099 | 0.3107 | 0.3546 | 0.3805 | 0.4238 | 0.4656 | 0.4615 | 0.4714 | 0.4585 | 0.4796 |
Laiwu | 0.2309 | 0.2852 | 0.2910 | 0.3093 | 0.3194 | 0.3459 | 0.3598 | 0.3737 | 0.4166 | 0.4382 | 0.4557 |
Lanzhou | 0.3639 | 0.4008 | 0.4223 | 0.4469 | 0.4664 | 0.4962 | 0.5203 | 0.5170 | 0.5319 | 0.5333 | 0.5473 |
Langfang | 0.4204 | 0.4628 | 0.4803 | 0.5087 | 0.5409 | 0.5696 | 0.6289 | 0.6099 | 0.6324 | 0.6426 | 0.6626 |
Leshan | 0.3418 | 0.3794 | 0.3882 | 0.4170 | 0.4376 | 0.4667 | 0.5049 | 0.5067 | 0.5184 | 0.5249 | 0.5431 |
Lijiang | 0.2558 | 0.2984 | 0.3282 | 0.3453 | 0.3820 | 0.4077 | 0.4657 | 0.4341 | 0.4646 | 0.4658 | 0.4865 |
Lishui | 0.3996 | 0.4353 | 0.4568 | 0.4784 | 0.5044 | 0.5353 | 0.5688 | 0.5712 | 0.5902 | 0.6063 | 0.6286 |
Lianyungang | 0.4320 | 0.4720 | 0.5029 | 0.4931 | 0.5196 | 0.5476 | 0.5799 | 0.5751 | 0.6056 | 0.6166 | 0.6550 |
Liaoyang | 0.3520 | 0.3713 | 0.3918 | 0.4076 | 0.4201 | 0.4540 | 0.4543 | 0.4516 | 0.4702 | 0.4855 | 0.4988 |
Liaoyuan | 0.3037 | 0.3364 | 0.3365 | 0.3340 | 0.3611 | 0.3800 | 0.4008 | 0.4015 | 0.4267 | 0.4521 | 0.4869 |
Liaocheng | 0.3977 | 0.4356 | 0.4819 | 0.4604 | 0.4887 | 0.5222 | 0.5344 | 0.5411 | 0.5637 | 0.5760 | 0.5985 |
Lincang | 0.2523 | 0.2933 | 0.3067 | 0.3068 | 0.3477 | 0.3846 | 0.4290 | 0.4247 | 0.4587 | 0.4682 | 0.4915 |
Linfen | 0.3598 | 0.3910 | 0.4045 | 0.4236 | 0.4477 | 0.4797 | 0.5385 | 0.5096 | 0.5105 | 0.5255 | 0.5455 |
Linyi | 0.4508 | 0.4860 | 0.5075 | 0.5207 | 0.5409 | 0.5667 | 0.5984 | 0.5926 | 0.6094 | 0.6374 | 0.6522 |
Liuzhou | 0.3291 | 0.3784 | 0.3777 | 0.3970 | 0.4177 | 0.4404 | 0.4579 | 0.4434 | 0.4482 | 0.4546 | 0.4668 |
Lu’an | 0.3872 | 0.4193 | 0.4352 | 0.4558 | 0.5003 | 0.5253 | 0.5582 | 0.5753 | 0.6068 | 0.6306 | 0.6484 |
Liupanshui | 0.2639 | 0.2946 | 0.3370 | 0.3611 | 0.3987 | 0.4282 | 0.4676 | 0.4588 | 0.4747 | 0.4792 | 0.5031 |
Longyan | 0.3573 | 0.3989 | 0.4317 | 0.4604 | 0.4878 | 0.5229 | 0.5457 | 0.5477 | 0.5679 | 0.5767 | 0.5976 |
Longnan | 0.2078 | 0.2358 | 0.2731 | 0.3066 | 0.3418 | 0.3600 | 0.4114 | 0.3534 | 0.4378 | 0.4637 | 0.4922 |
Loudi | 0.3569 | 0.3939 | 0.3929 | 0.4069 | 0.4235 | 0.4475 | 0.5027 | 0.4972 | 0.5230 | 0.5391 | 0.5576 |
Luzhou | 0.2676 | 0.3060 | 0.3195 | 0.3405 | 0.3639 | 0.3868 | 0.4305 | 0.4202 | 0.4358 | 0.4377 | 0.4596 |
Luoyang | 0.4422 | 0.4835 | 0.5124 | 0.5420 | 0.5610 | 0.5935 | 0.6438 | 0.6441 | 0.6580 | 0.6694 | 0.6918 |
Luohe | 0.2831 | 0.3163 | 0.3485 | 0.3643 | 0.3602 | 0.3908 | 0.4228 | 0.4295 | 0.5165 | 0.5435 | 0.5795 |
Luliang | 0.3093 | 0.3610 | 0.3566 | 0.3668 | 0.3890 | 0.4174 | 0.4808 | 0.4600 | 0.4854 | 0.4843 | 0.5234 |
Ma’anshan | 0.3628 | 0.4100 | 0.4385 | 0.4419 | 0.4748 | 0.5300 | 0.5607 | 0.5651 | 0.5894 | 0.6077 | 0.6342 |
Maoming | 0.3564 | 0.4001 | 0.4329 | 0.4447 | 0.4715 | 0.4942 | 0.5180 | 0.5299 | 0.5588 | 0.5597 | 0.5927 |
Meishan | 0.3291 | 0.3639 | 0.3841 | 0.3981 | 0.4178 | 0.4552 | 0.4963 | 0.5004 | 0.5175 | 0.5221 | 0.5568 |
Meizhou | 0.3244 | 0.3428 | 0.3456 | 0.3687 | 0.3877 | 0.3899 | 0.4215 | 0.4418 | 0.4763 | 0.4218 | 0.4453 |
Mianyang | 0.4151 | 0.4481 | 0.4690 | 0.4864 | 0.5143 | 0.5510 | 0.5998 | 0.6083 | 0.6174 | 0.6035 | 0.6235 |
Mudanjiang | 0.3677 | 0.3772 | 0.4373 | 0.4128 | 0.4259 | 0.4515 | 0.4938 | 0.4930 | 0.5168 | 0.5149 | 0.5591 |
Nanchang | 0.4798 | 0.5170 | 0.5456 | 0.5549 | 0.5688 | 0.6009 | 0.6496 | 0.6527 | 0.6770 | 0.6789 | 0.7162 |
Nanchong | 0.3683 | 0.3871 | 0.4044 | 0.4133 | 0.4375 | 0.4706 | 0.5525 | 0.5219 | 0.5288 | 0.5474 | 0.5618 |
Nan**g | 0.6066 | 0.6380 | 0.6945 | 0.6878 | 0.7117 | 0.7466 | 0.7763 | 0.7927 | 0.8214 | 0.8393 | 0.8634 |
Nanning | 0.5101 | 0.5385 | 0.5507 | 0.5735 | 0.5979 | 0.6224 | 0.6575 | 0.6633 | 0.6894 | 0.6954 | 0.7183 |
Nan** | 0.3680 | 0.3950 | 0.4207 | 0.4394 | 0.4727 | 0.4867 | 0.5075 | 0.5166 | 0.5419 | 0.5600 | 0.5919 |
Nantong | 0.4933 | 0.5257 | 0.5486 | 0.5501 | 0.5734 | 0.6033 | 0.6444 | 0.6526 | 0.6749 | 0.6970 | 0.7301 |
Nanyang | 0.3856 | 0.4205 | 0.4404 | 0.4733 | 0.4989 | 0.5365 | 0.5919 | 0.5969 | 0.6265 | 0.6313 | 0.6610 |
Neijiang | 0.2912 | 0.3248 | 0.3269 | 0.3550 | 0.3799 | 0.4099 | 0.4793 | 0.4757 | 0.5033 | 0.4733 | 0.5173 |
Ningbo | 0.5395 | 0.5804 | 0.6110 | 0.6238 | 0.6472 | 0.6655 | 0.7010 | 0.6983 | 0.7315 | 0.7016 | 0.7281 |
Ningde | 0.3886 | 0.4094 | 0.4382 | 0.4432 | 0.4608 | 0.4896 | 0.5362 | 0.5267 | 0.5621 | 0.5326 | 0.5574 |
Panzhihua | 0.3395 | 0.3829 | 0.3901 | 0.4255 | 0.4433 | 0.4711 | 0.5105 | 0.5025 | 0.5248 | 0.4863 | 0.5022 |
Pan** | 0.3420 | 0.3734 | 0.3790 | 0.4021 | 0.4105 | 0.4244 | 0.4707 | 0.4578 | 0.4802 | 0.4556 | 0.4730 |
**dingshan | 0.3552 | 0.3832 | 0.4100 | 0.4426 | 0.4396 | 0.4911 | 0.5299 | 0.5175 | 0.5555 | 0.5253 | 0.5577 |
**liang | 0.2040 | 0.2559 | 0.2726 | 0.3212 | 0.3301 | 0.3837 | 0.4499 | 0.4050 | 0.4531 | 0.4289 | 0.4598 |
**xiang | 0.3051 | 0.3458 | 0.3628 | 0.3761 | 0.3909 | 0.4314 | 0.4754 | 0.4793 | 0.5029 | 0.4712 | 0.4942 |
Putian | 0.3404 | 0.4001 | 0.4172 | 0.4428 | 0.4658 | 0.5055 | 0.5375 | 0.5191 | 0.5639 | 0.5856 | 0.5632 |
Puyang | 0.3278 | 0.3718 | 0.3997 | 0.4265 | 0.4437 | 0.5084 | 0.5409 | 0.5146 | 0.5550 | 0.5665 | 0.5484 |
Qitaihe | 0.2122 | 0.2642 | 0.2908 | 0.2866 | 0.3023 | 0.3356 | 0.3679 | 0.3513 | 0.3705 | 0.3897 | 0.3691 |
Qiqihar | 0.4233 | 0.4308 | 0.4855 | 0.4960 | 0.4889 | 0.5267 | 0.5759 | 0.5359 | 0.5553 | 0.5660 | 0.5510 |
Qinzhou | 0.2674 | 0.3019 | 0.3056 | 0.3377 | 0.3440 | 0.3788 | 0.4027 | 0.3904 | 0.4204 | 0.4384 | 0.4084 |
Qinhuangdao | 0.4248 | 0.4667 | 0.4823 | 0.4960 | 0.5124 | 0.5603 | 0.5804 | 0.5657 | 0.5885 | 0.6090 | 0.5826 |
Qingdao | 0.5417 | 0.5867 | 0.6208 | 0.6572 | 0.6579 | 0.6997 | 0.7295 | 0.7293 | 0.7595 | 0.7798 | 0.7611 |
Qingyuan | 0.3217 | 0.3808 | 0.4053 | 0.4144 | 0.4435 | 0.4768 | 0.5129 | 0.5152 | 0.5479 | 0.5694 | 0.5431 |
Qingyang | 0.3036 | 0.3237 | 0.3023 | 0.3420 | 0.3625 | 0.3946 | 0.4399 | 0.4227 | 0.4585 | 0.4795 | 0.4620 |
Quzhou | 0.3209 | 0.3428 | 0.3661 | 0.3767 | 0.4013 | 0.4244 | 0.4511 | 0.4534 | 0.4765 | 0.4867 | 0.5096 |
Qu**g | 0.3053 | 0.3259 | 0.3730 | 0.3806 | 0.4029 | 0.4441 | 0.4874 | 0.4596 | 0.4975 | 0.5230 | 0.5582 |
Quanzhou | 0.3754 | 0.4049 | 0.4350 | 0.4265 | 0.4513 | 0.4787 | 0.5023 | 0.5083 | 0.5179 | 0.5207 | 0.5365 |
Sunshine | 0.3691 | 0.4036 | 0.4235 | 0.4418 | 0.4606 | 0.4912 | 0.5176 | 0.5205 | 0.5448 | 0.5706 | 0.5989 |
Sanmenxia | 0.3231 | 0.3612 | 0.3891 | 0.4142 | 0.4330 | 0.4503 | 0.4751 | 0.4688 | 0.5094 | 0.5225 | 0.5469 |
Sanming | 0.3620 | 0.4003 | 0.4202 | 0.4303 | 0.4589 | 0.4881 | 0.5163 | 0.5100 | 0.5245 | 0.5331 | 0.5547 |
Sanya | 0.4046 | 0.4147 | 0.4467 | 0.4482 | 0.4766 | 0.5054 | 0.5115 | 0.5267 | 0.5590 | 0.5666 | 0.5952 |
** | 0.3369 | 0.3725 | 0.3816 | 0.4184 | 0.4132 | 0.4409 | 0.4713 | 0.4824 | 0.4962 | 0.4995 | 0.5335 |
Matsubara | 0.3167 | 0.3473 | 0.3567 | 0.3654 | 0.3754 | 0.4140 | 0.4319 | 0.4410 | 0.4465 | 0.4626 | 0.4960 |
Suzhou | 0.4423 | 0.4780 | 0.5260 | 0.5109 | 0.5184 | 0.5446 | 0.5631 | 0.5797 | 0.5986 | 0.6135 | 0.6346 |
Suizhou | 0.2766 | 0.3012 | 0.3292 | 0.3410 | 0.3538 | 0.3763 | 0.4227 | 0.4156 | 0.3996 | 0.3807 | 0.4195 |
Suining | 0.3119 | 0.3731 | 0.3637 | 0.3917 | 0.4138 | 0.4420 | 0.4774 | 0.4930 | 0.4724 | 0.4482 | 0.4662 |
Taizhou | 0.3788 | 0.4125 | 0.4317 | 0.4452 | 0.4547 | 0.4786 | 0.5039 | 0.5074 | 0.5022 | 0.4839 | 0.4659 |
Taiyuan | 0.5155 | 0.5521 | 0.5750 | 0.5955 | 0.6160 | 0.6457 | 0.6667 | 0.6887 | 0.7024 | 0.6610 | 0.6851 |
Taian | 0.4130 | 0.4470 | 0.4741 | 0.4928 | 0.5114 | 0.5388 | 0.5620 | 0.5670 | 0.5835 | 0.5496 | 0.5666 |
Taizhou | 0.3710 | 0.4032 | 0.4077 | 0.4072 | 0.4266 | 0.4592 | 0.4817 | 0.4818 | 0.4779 | 0.4763 | 0.5035 |
Tangshan | 0.4538 | 0.4821 | 0.4864 | 0.5017 | 0.5290 | 0.5506 | 0.5710 | 0.5836 | 0.5826 | 0.5786 | 0.5997 |
Tian** | 0.5849 | 0.6235 | 0.6432 | 0.6536 | 0.7008 | 0.7211 | 0.7349 | 0.7462 | 0.7597 | 0.7604 | 0.7692 |
Tianshui | 0.3130 | 0.3520 | 0.3682 | 0.4121 | 0.4319 | 0.4549 | 0.4796 | 0.4672 | 0.4815 | 0.4698 | 0.4836 |
Tieling | 0.3302 | 0.3683 | 0.3747 | 0.3898 | 0.4009 | 0.4217 | 0.4769 | 0.4521 | 0.4747 | 0.4442 | 0.4635 |
Tonghua | 0.3647 | 0.3926 | 0.4150 | 0.4054 | 0.4228 | 0.4325 | 0.4973 | 0.4920 | 0.5181 | 0.5247 | 0.5708 |
Tongliao | 0.3282 | 0.3601 | 0.3682 | 0.3970 | 0.4265 | 0.4334 | 0.4576 | 0.4660 | 0.4829 | 0.4937 | 0.5286 |
Tongchuan | 0.2299 | 0.2510 | 0.2634 | 0.2826 | 0.2975 | 0.3288 | 0.3536 | 0.3703 | 0.4036 | 0.4232 | 0.4018 |
Tongling | 0.2827 | 0.3526 | 0.3808 | 0.4063 | 0.4180 | 0.4605 | 0.4849 | 0.4892 | 0.5079 | 0.5398 | 0.5076 |
Weihai | 0.4127 | 0.4571 | 0.4856 | 0.5082 | 0.5253 | 0.5522 | 0.5675 | 0.5816 | 0.6030 | 0.6164 | 0.5949 |
Weifang | 0.4450 | 0.5071 | 0.5410 | 0.5531 | 0.5747 | 0.5931 | 0.6189 | 0.6276 | 0.6490 | 0.6708 | 0.6523 |
Weinan | 0.3475 | 0.4005 | 0.4112 | 0.4251 | 0.4384 | 0.4671 | 0.4941 | 0.4920 | 0.5057 | 0.5344 | 0.5638 |
Wenzhou | 0.4061 | 0.4417 | 0.4696 | 0.4738 | 0.4908 | 0.5237 | 0.5391 | 0.5522 | 0.5520 | 0.5844 | 0.6092 |
Wuhai | 0.2736 | 0.3088 | 0.3308 | 0.3508 | 0.3592 | 0.3913 | 0.4005 | 0.4153 | 0.4384 | 0.4420 | 0.4565 |
Ulanqab | 0.2690 | 0.3436 | 0.3540 | 0.3667 | 0.3906 | 0.4148 | 0.4457 | 0.4403 | 0.4509 | 0.4521 | 0.4742 |
Urumqi | 0.5052 | 0.5238 | 0.5562 | 0.5608 | 0.5855 | 0.6123 | 0.6302 | 0.6489 | 0.6734 | 0.6791 | 0.7000 |
Wuxi | 0.5535 | 0.5884 | 0.6338 | 0.6238 | 0.6409 | 0.6740 | 0.7030 | 0.7122 | 0.7340 | 0.7506 | 0.7792 |
Wuhu | 0.4206 | 0.4622 | 0.4895 | 0.5090 | 0.5487 | 0.5689 | 0.6084 | 0.6265 | 0.6411 | 0.6570 | 0.6851 |
Wuhong | 0.2519 | 0.2956 | 0.3204 | 0.3291 | 0.3612 | 0.3751 | 0.3943 | 0.4348 | 0.4658 | 0.4742 | 0.4987 |
Wuzhou | 0.2824 | 0.3123 | 0.3260 | 0.3147 | 0.3547 | 0.3694 | 0.4064 | 0.4116 | 0.4220 | 0.4392 | 0.4499 |
Wuhan | 0.5906 | 0.6225 | 0.6640 | 0.6756 | 0.6978 | 0.7253 | 0.7467 | 0.7690 | 0.7932 | 0.7939 | 0.8291 |
Wuwei | 0.2829 | 0.2840 | 0.2873 | 0.3233 | 0.3549 | 0.3863 | 0.4193 | 0.4317 | 0.4581 | 0.4749 | 0.4871 |
**’an | 0.5987 | 0.6214 | 0.6690 | 0.6768 | 0.6986 | 0.7323 | 0.7562 | 0.7686 | 0.7894 | 0.8028 | 0.8248 |
**ning | 0.3988 | 0.4261 | 0.4533 | 0.4641 | 0.5016 | 0.5203 | 0.5724 | 0.5763 | 0.6089 | 0.6153 | 0.5968 |
**anning | 0.3319 | 0.3506 | 0.3844 | 0.4058 | 0.4318 | 0.4563 | 0.4638 | 0.5154 | 0.5388 | 0.4835 | 0.5177 |
**anyang | 0.4076 | 0.4330 | 0.4529 | 0.4534 | 0.4718 | 0.4978 | 0.5450 | 0.5483 | 0.5719 | 0.5837 | 0.5654 |
**angtan | 0.3926 | 0.4104 | 0.4413 | 0.4851 | 0.5012 | 0.5225 | 0.5351 | 0.5545 | 0.5825 | 0.6046 | 0.5789 |
**aogan | 0.3389 | 0.3691 | 0.4013 | 0.4193 | 0.4397 | 0.4654 | 0.5058 | 0.5179 | 0.5543 | 0.5604 | 0.5575 |
**nzhou | 0.2842 | 0.3074 | 0.3205 | 0.3348 | 0.3452 | 0.3671 | 0.4026 | 0.3853 | 0.4136 | 0.4190 | 0.4117 |
**nxiang | 0.4064 | 0.4410 | 0.4486 | 0.4688 | 0.5005 | 0.5355 | 0.5878 | 0.5847 | 0.6118 | 0.6273 | 0.6111 |
**nyu | 0.2960 | 0.3367 | 0.3476 | 0.3824 | 0.4086 | 0.4348 | 0.4462 | 0.4656 | 0.4943 | 0.5081 | 0.4811 |
**nyang | 0.3464 | 0.3836 | 0.3942 | 0.4169 | 0.4396 | 0.4908 | 0.5010 | 0.5175 | 0.5439 | 0.5638 | 0.5971 |
**ngtai | 0.3811 | 0.4082 | 0.4143 | 0.4336 | 0.4642 | 0.4920 | 0.5414 | 0.5544 | 0.5751 | 0.5939 | 0.6150 |
Suqian | 0.3788 | 0.4172 | 0.4334 | 0.4437 | 0.4652 | 0.4957 | 0.5343 | 0.5422 | 0.5766 | 0.6190 | 0.6699 |
Suzhou | 0.2848 | 0.3195 | 0.3251 | 0.3706 | 0.4001 | 0.3991 | 0.4494 | 0.4326 | 0.4610 | 0.5879 | 0.6211 |
Xuzhou | 0.3814 | 0.4175 | 0.4467 | 0.4353 | 0.4454 | 0.4644 | 0.5042 | 0.5125 | 0.5423 | 0.5655 | 0.5968 |
Xuchang | 0.3657 | 0.4068 | 0.4199 | 0.4483 | 0.4772 | 0.4944 | 0.5420 | 0.5458 | 0.5779 | 0.6127 | 0.6444 |
Xuancheng | 0.3686 | 0.4054 | 0.4298 | 0.4329 | 0.4595 | 0.4826 | 0.5199 | 0.5328 | 0.5525 | 0.5582 | 0.6016 |
Ya’an | 0.3011 | 0.3523 | 0.3631 | 0.3921 | 0.4162 | 0.4313 | 0.4853 | 0.4822 | 0.5151 | 0.5151 | 0.5488 |
Yantai | 0.4572 | 0.5015 | 0.5281 | 0.5510 | 0.5785 | 0.5953 | 0.6341 | 0.6306 | 0.6590 | 0.6755 | 0.7048 |
Yan’an | 0.2754 | 0.3176 | 0.3249 | 0.3528 | 0.3857 | 0.4081 | 0.4827 | 0.4635 | 0.4688 | 0.4719 | 0.5139 |
Yancheng | 0.4335 | 0.4684 | 0.4971 | 0.4991 | 0.5249 | 0.5503 | 0.5960 | 0.6151 | 0.6578 | 0.6851 | 0.7205 |
Yangzhou | 0.3621 | 0.3975 | 0.4174 | 0.4170 | 0.4370 | 0.4574 | 0.4971 | 0.4922 | 0.5159 | 0.5367 | 0.5569 |
Yangjiang | 0.3201 | 0.3537 | 0.3723 | 0.3866 | 0.4126 | 0.4274 | 0.4581 | 0.4828 | 0.5040 | 0.5165 | 0.5320 |
Yangquan | 0.2945 | 0.3378 | 0.3502 | 0.3699 | 0.3915 | 0.4198 | 0.4511 | 0.4558 | 0.4888 | 0.5097 | 0.5269 |
Yichun | 0.2092 | 0.2526 | 0.2745 | 0.2410 | 0.2755 | 0.2759 | 0.3014 | 0.3042 | 0.3319 | 0.3476 | 0.3814 |
Yibin | 0.3277 | 0.3596 | 0.3789 | 0.4120 | 0.4374 | 0.4656 | 0.5158 | 0.4993 | 0.5301 | 0.5452 | 0.5620 |
Yichang | 0.3875 | 0.4470 | 0.4596 | 0.5044 | 0.5014 | 0.5418 | 0.5619 | 0.5763 | 0.5998 | 0.5977 | 0.6408 |
Yichun | 0.2684 | 0.3014 | 0.3150 | 0.3426 | 0.3582 | 0.3839 | 0.4131 | 0.4412 | 0.4656 | 0.3672 | 0.3495 |
Yiyang | 0.3428 | 0.3811 | 0.3970 | 0.4283 | 0.4418 | 0.4734 | 0.5115 | 0.5306 | 0.5451 | 0.5583 | 0.5824 |
Yinchuan | 0.3904 | 0.4369 | 0.4674 | 0.5169 | 0.5311 | 0.5419 | 0.5820 | 0.5779 | 0.6058 | 0.5693 | 0.5896 |
Yingtan | 0.2657 | 0.3249 | 0.3366 | 0.3672 | 0.3806 | 0.4161 | 0.4701 | 0.4463 | 0.4773 | 0.4266 | 0.4583 |
Yingkou | 0.3908 | 0.4248 | 0.4394 | 0.4566 | 0.4676 | 0.4654 | 0.5320 | 0.5023 | 0.5298 | 0.4975 | 0.5133 |
Yongzhou | 0.2933 | 0.3251 | 0.3341 | 0.3580 | 0.3714 | 0.3891 | 0.4369 | 0.4327 | 0.4607 | 0.4178 | 0.4385 |
Yulin | 0.3303 | 0.3663 | 0.3801 | 0.3981 | 0.4133 | 0.4328 | 0.4654 | 0.4745 | 0.4964 | 0.4958 | 0.5279 |
Yulin | 0.3440 | 0.3842 | 0.3947 | 0.4032 | 0.4449 | 0.4514 | 0.5288 | 0.5251 | 0.5371 | 0.5091 | 0.5335 |
Yuxi | 0.3396 | 0.3704 | 0.3946 | 0.4036 | 0.4399 | 0.4497 | 0.4588 | 0.4739 | 0.5328 | 0.5152 | 0.5441 |
Yueyang | 0.3937 | 0.4311 | 0.4578 | 0.4591 | 0.4951 | 0.5036 | 0.5684 | 0.5441 | 0.5879 | 0.5677 | 0.5960 |
Yunfu | 0.3000 | 0.3240 | 0.3396 | 0.3476 | 0.4141 | 0.4183 | 0.4521 | 0.4581 | 0.4997 | 0.4807 | 0.5099 |
Yuncheng | 0.3796 | 0.3990 | 0.4277 | 0.4283 | 0.4621 | 0.4809 | 0.5689 | 0.5179 | 0.5611 | 0.5530 | 0.5679 |
Zaozhuang | 0.3818 | 0.4063 | 0.4326 | 0.4445 | 0.4678 | 0.4747 | 0.5021 | 0.5267 | 0.5450 | 0.5681 | 0.5949 |
Zhanjiang | 0.4193 | 0.4470 | 0.4708 | 0.4807 | 0.5131 | 0.5324 | 0.5591 | 0.5491 | 0.5694 | 0.5867 | 0.6030 |
Zhangjiajie | 0.3267 | 0.3606 | 0.3742 | 0.3957 | 0.4251 | 0.4448 | 0.4923 | 0.4926 | 0.5169 | 0.5152 | 0.5287 |
Zhangjiakou | 0.3778 | 0.4036 | 0.4297 | 0.4350 | 0.4672 | 0.4925 | 0.5253 | 0.5327 | 0.5509 | 0.5655 | 0.5842 |
Zhangye | 0.2767 | 0.3057 | 0.3267 | 0.3407 | 0.3862 | 0.4107 | 0.4551 | 0.4631 | 0.4791 | 0.4888 | 0.5069 |
Zhangzhou | 0.3413 | 0.3697 | 0.3920 | 0.3902 | 0.4127 | 0.4352 | 0.4719 | 0.4752 | 0.4878 | 0.4848 | 0.4964 |
Zhaotong | 0.2681 | 0.2893 | 0.3216 | 0.3342 | 0.3712 | 0.3900 | 0.4406 | 0.4292 | 0.4703 | 0.4340 | 0.4648 |
Zhaoqing | 0.4132 | 0.4518 | 0.4671 | 0.4737 | 0.4840 | 0.4895 | 0.5527 | 0.5670 | 0.5820 | 0.5641 | 0.5997 |
Zhenjiang | 0.4502 | 0.5023 | 0.5460 | 0.5369 | 0.5701 | 0.5989 | 0.6431 | 0.6332 | 0.6652 | 0.6327 | 0.6616 |
Zhengzhou | 0.4195 | 0.4522 | 0.4728 | 0.4920 | 0.5206 | 0.5461 | 0.5846 | 0.5880 | 0.6345 | 0.6051 | 0.6256 |
Zhongshan | 0.4755 | 0.5104 | 0.5400 | 0.5395 | 0.5646 | 0.5880 | 0.6268 | 0.6397 | 0.6496 | 0.5805 | 0.6059 |
Zhongwei | 0.2126 | 0.2547 | 0.3011 | 0.3149 | 0.3364 | 0.3729 | 0.4114 | 0.4193 | 0.4384 | 0.3980 | 0.4227 |
Zhoushan | 0.4125 | 0.4402 | 0.4823 | 0.5260 | 0.5463 | 0.5645 | 0.5880 | 0.5867 | 0.6019 | 0.6149 | 0.6242 |
Zhoukou | 0.3661 | 0.3773 | 0.4042 | 0.4157 | 0.4477 | 0.4798 | 0.5272 | 0.5304 | 0.5600 | 0.5562 | 0.5906 |
Zhuhai | 0.4748 | 0.5029 | 0.5593 | 0.5686 | 0.5976 | 0.6338 | 0.6689 | 0.6834 | 0.7141 | 0.7258 | 0.7500 |
Zhuzhou | 0.4150 | 0.4471 | 0.4831 | 0.4924 | 0.5157 | 0.5419 | 0.5815 | 0.5922 | 0.6098 | 0.5941 | 0.6121 |
Zhumadian | 0.3530 | 0.3614 | 0.3986 | 0.4183 | 0.4404 | 0.4759 | 0.5170 | 0.5345 | 0.5497 | 0.5599 | 0.5816 |
Ziyang | 0.3227 | 0.3398 | 0.3518 | 0.3789 | 0.4105 | 0.4192 | 0.4553 | 0.4676 | 0.4937 | 0.5091 | 0.5237 |
Zibo | 0.4473 | 0.4747 | 0.5039 | 0.5191 | 0.5416 | 0.5667 | 0.5922 | 0.5930 | 0.6136 | 0.6366 | 0.6683 |
Zigong | 0.3521 | 0.3987 | 0.4029 | 0.4221 | 0.4383 | 0.4690 | 0.5223 | 0.5288 | 0.5473 | 0.5500 | 0.5655 |
Zunyi | 0.3976 | 0.4251 | 0.4428 | 0.4682 | 0.4897 | 0.5171 | 0.5590 | 0.5740 | 0.5803 | 0.5851 | 0.6096 |
Variable | Specific Name | Sample Size | Mean | Median | Standard Deviation | Minimum | Variable |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Natural logarithm of regional gross domestic product | 3080 | 7.335 | 7.244 | 0.978 | 5.033 | 10.133 | |
Comprehensive evaluation score for urban digitalization construction level | 3080 | 0.482 | 0.472 | 0.117 | 0.204 | 0.939 | |
Natural logarithm of the number of urban employed persons at the end of the year | 3080 | 3.633 | 3.553 | 0.857 | 1.867 | 6.583 | |
Natural logarithm of the number of industrial enterprises above a designated scale | 3080 | 6.584 | 6.583 | 1.099 | 3.367 | 9.243 | |
Natural logarithm of fixed asset investment | 3080 | 16.382 | 16.411 | 0.982 | 12.352 | 18.651 | |
Natural logarithm of public budget expenditure | 3080 | 13.451 | 13.383 | 1.351 | 10.121 | 17.522 | |
Natural logarithm of telecommunications service revenue | 3080 | 12.521 | 12.432 | 0.976 | 9.667 | 15.582 | |
Natural logarithm of year-end mobile phone users | 3080 | 5.840 | 5.814 | 0.782 | 3.871 | 8.210 | |
Natural logarithm of broadband access users | 3080 | 4.257 | 4.220 | 0.932 | 1.938 | 6.662 | |
Natural logarithm of per capita regional gross domestic product | 3080 | 10.782 | 10.763 | 0.572 | 9.289 | 12.151 | |
Regional gross domestic product growth rate | 3080 | 8.048 | 8.100 | 3.767 | −6.630 | 17.882 | |
Proportion of urban construction land to urban area | 3080 | 0.087 | 0.056 | 0.094 | 0.002 | 0.591 | |
Natural logarithm of innovation index | 3080 | 1.202 | 1.021 | 1.873 | −3.316 | 6.727 | |
Natural logarithm of scientific and technological expenditures | 3080 | 11.451 | 11.582 | 1.464 | 6.690 | 15.441 | |
Proportion of employees in the tertiary industry | 3080 | 0.553 | 0.549 | 0.143 | 0.186 | 0.935 | |
Natural logarithm of the number of information transmission employees | 3080 | 8.361 | 8.206 | 1.128 | 5.278 | 12.853 | |
Proportion of the tertiary industry in GDP | 3080 | 0.430 | 0.425 | 0.105 | 0.192 | 0.773 | |
Natural logarithm of the inclusive financial index | 3080 | 5.140 | 5.280 | 0.539 | 3.461 | 5.914 | |
Greening coverage rate of built-up areas | 3080 | 0.400 | 0.410 | 0.0700 | 0.004 | 0.610 | |
Natural logarithm of the number of green patents applied | 3080 | 5.397 | 5.286 | 1.704 | 1.386 | 10.062 | |
Natural logarithm of industrial sulfur dioxide emissions | 3080 | 9.748 | 9.813 | 1.424 | 5.165 | 13.291 | |
Natural logarithm of carbon dioxide emissions | 3080 | 3.206 | 3.229 | 0.819 | 0.269 | 5.628 |
Primary Indicator | Primary Indicator Weight | Secondary Indicator | Secondary Indicator Weight |
---|---|---|---|
Digital Industry Development | 0.2890 | Digital Inclusive Finance Index ( | 0.1084 |
Share of GDP from Tertiary Industry ( | 0.0734 | ||
Share of Employees in Tertiary Industry ( | 0.0605 | ||
Number of Employees in Information Transmission, Software, and Information Technology Services Industry ( | 0.0468 | ||
Innovation Development | 0.2228 | Innovation Index ( | 0.1833 |
Expenditure on Science and Technology ( | 0.0395 | ||
Ecological Environment | 0.1963 | Green Patent Applications ( | 0.0698 |
Industrial Sulfur Dioxide Emissions ( | 0.0620 | ||
Carbon Dioxide Emissions ( | 0.0495 | ||
Greening Coverage in Built-up Areas ( | 0.0149 | ||
Digital Infrastructure | 0.1692 | Number of Internet Broadband Access Users ( | 0.0638 |
Number of Year-End Mobile Phone Users ( | 0.0607 | ||
Telecom Service Revenue ( | 0.0446 | ||
Overall Economic Level | 0.1227 | Per Capita Regional Gross Domestic Product ( | 0.0578 |
Share of Urban Construction Land in City Area ( | 0.0376 | ||
Regional Gross Domestic Product Growth Rate ( | 0.0274 |
(1) | (2) | ||
---|---|---|---|
0.0013 *** | 0.0011 *** | ||
(10.6225) | (3.7116) | ||
0.1197 | 0.0039 | ||
(1.5530) | (0.0748) | ||
0.3499 *** | 0.3173 *** | ||
(5.8491) | (4.8955) | ||
0.1086 *** | 0.2373 *** | ||
(4.1733) | (7.7841) | ||
−0.0295 | −0.0059 | ||
(−0.6280) | (−0.1080) | ||
2.6095 *** | 1.3016 *** | ||
(6.1966) | (3.0794) | ||
3080 | 3080 | ||
0.2887 | 0.2339 | ||
year | Yes | year | Yes |
province | Yes | province | Yes |
(1) | (2) | ||
---|---|---|---|
0.0876 *** | 0.1720 *** | ||
(6.6464) | (7.0706) | ||
0.1199 * | 0.1093 | ||
(1.6894) | (1.5761) | ||
0.3310 *** | 0.3238 *** | ||
(5.5094) | (5.1393) | ||
0.1601 *** | 0.1523 *** | ||
(5.3580) | (5.1776) | ||
−0.0322 | −0.0244 | ||
(−0.6762) | (−0.5167) | ||
1.6767 *** | 1.6128 *** | ||
(4.3927) | (4.1936) | ||
3080 | 3080 | ||
0.2671 | 0.2742 | ||
year | Yes | year | Yes |
province | Yes | province | Yes |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
OLS | FE | OLS | FE | ||
−0.0009 *** | 0.0009 ** | 0.0004 *** | 0.0011 *** | ||
(−8.3109) | (2.3026) | (4.3492) | (3.4512) | ||
0.9245 *** | 0.3710 *** | 0.9117 *** | 0.4179 *** | ||
(80.8594) | (3.3180) | (72.7184) | (4.9920) | ||
0.5932 *** | 0.1623 | 0.5147 *** | 0.2371 *** | ||
(30.3937) | (1.4927) | (30.7941) | (3.2996) | ||
0.2483 *** | 0.2321 | 0.2910 *** | 0.1901 | ||
(2.8505) | (1.4826) | (3.1625) | (1.1640) | ||
−0.2476 *** | 0.0827 | −0.4618 *** | 0.2464 ** | ||
(−4.1135) | (0.7608) | (−8.0245) | (1.9933) | ||
−0.0002 | −0.0006 ** | −0.0008 *** | −0.0006 ** | ||
(−0.6576) | (−2.0142) | (−2.8606) | (−2.0194) | ||
−4.1775 *** | 3.1980 ** | −3.3022 *** | 2.1338 *** | ||
(−20.8858) | (2.4630) | (−17.5792) | (4.7796) | ||
3080 | 3080 | 3080 | 3080 | ||
0.8478 | 0.1994 | 0.8424 | 0.1605 | ||
year | Yes | year | Yes | ||
province | Yes | province | Yes |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
OLS | FE | OLS | FE | ||
0.0543 *** | 0.0600 *** | 0.0257 | 0.1038 *** | ||
(5.6654) | (3.0428) | (1.2430) | (2.7783) | ||
0.8533 *** | 0.3979 *** | 0.8924 *** | 0.3529 *** | ||
(48.8034) | (4.2964) | (36.0008) | (3.4955) | ||
0.4513 *** | 0.1967 ** | 0.5158 *** | 0.2098 ** | ||
(21.5562) | (2.2444) | (30.3988) | (2.4923) | ||
0.2425 *** | 0.2095 | 0.3050 *** | 0.2037 | ||
(2.7628) | (1.3224) | (3.4538) | (1.2193) | ||
−0.4643 *** | 0.1881 * | −0.4298 *** | 0.2407 ** | ||
(−8.9126) | (1.7234) | (−8.2462) | (2.2437) | ||
−0.0006 ** | −0.0005 * | −0.0005 * | −0.0005 | ||
(−1.9650) | (−1.6661) | (−1.7526) | (−1.6494) | ||
−2.5531 *** | 2.4542 *** | −3.3201 *** | 2.4274 *** | ||
(−10.6642) | (3.2569) | (−17.0138) | (2.9353) | ||
3080 | 3080 | 3080 | 3080 | ||
0.8475 | 0.1961 | 0.8451 | 0.1956 | ||
year | Yes | year | Yes | ||
province | Yes | province | Yes |
(1) | (2) | (3) | |
---|---|---|---|
2011–2014 | 2015–2016 | 2017–2019 | |
1.8980 *** | 1.1949 *** | 6.4258 *** | |
(6.8811) | (6.2388) | (9.1206) | |
0.0830 *** | 0.0764 ** | −0.0694 | |
(2.9329) | (2.1217) | (−0.2515) | |
0.1342 *** | 0.0139 | 0.3222 *** | |
(3.3146) | (0.3357) | (2.7555) | |
0.1468 *** | 0.2851 *** | 0.2638 *** | |
(3.2753) | (8.2147) | (4.0602) | |
−0.0010 | −0.0004 | −0.0720 | |
(−0.0570) | (−0.0196) | (−0.6570) | |
2.8846 *** | 1.7660 *** | −2.2119 | |
(5.6273) | (4.1280) | (−1.3027) | |
1120 | 560 | 1400 | |
0.8258 | 0.7535 | 0.2225 | |
year | Yes | Yes | Yes |
province | Yes | Yes | Yes |
(1) | (2) | (3) | |
---|---|---|---|
Eastern Region | Central Region | Western Region | |
0.0007 *** | 0.0007 *** | 0.0007 *** | |
(47.1090) | (42.3459) | (34.3354) | |
0.0295 *** | 0.0250 *** | 0.0402 *** | |
(8.5098) | (5.7935) | (5.2229) | |
0.0292 *** | 0.0254 *** | 0.0386 *** | |
(9.9885) | (6.5593) | (10.2636) | |
0.0166 | 0.0475 *** | −0.0019 | |
(1.2896) | (2.6597) | (−0.1585) | |
0.0872 *** | 0.0973 *** | 0.0583 *** | |
(8.4477) | (8.3861) | (4.4240) | |
−0.0002 *** | −0.0002 *** | −0.0002 *** | |
(−12.6247) | (−12.7052) | (−6.6956) | |
−0.1493 *** | −0.1538 *** | −0.3241 *** | |
(−4.0432) | (−3.5815) | (−6.2566) | |
1133 | 902 | 1045 | |
0.9690 | 0.9621 | 0.9636 | |
year | Yes | Yes | Yes |
province | Yes | Yes | Yes |
(1) | (2) | (3) | |
---|---|---|---|
Eastern Region | Central Region | Western Region | |
0.0002 *** | 0.0004 *** | 0.0004 *** | |
(3.4412) | (4.7666) | (3.0753) | |
0.1506 *** | 0.0998 *** | 0.1154 *** | |
(8.4374) | (6.5165) | (4.2326) | |
0.1234 *** | 0.1276 *** | 0.1303 *** | |
(11.3885) | (10.3195) | (8.3331) | |
0.0287 | 0.0283 | −0.0023 | |
(0.5805) | (1.1475) | (−0.0729) | |
0.2866 *** | 0.2762 *** | 0.3014 *** | |
(7.6280) | (6.5969) | (6.6740) | |
−0.0000 | −0.0001 ** | −0.0001 *** | |
(−0.8860) | (−2.2779) | (−2.6809) | |
−1.9027 *** | −1.6284 *** | −1.7308 *** | |
(−17.6202) | (−18.3844) | (−17.3274) | |
1133 | 902 | 1045 | |
0.7968 | 0.7833 | 0.8155 | |
year | Yes | Yes | Yes |
province | Yes | Yes | Yes |
(1) | (2) | (3) | |
---|---|---|---|
Eastern Region | Central Region | Western Region | |
0.0868 *** | 0.0377 | 0.0606 | |
(3.5842) | (1.5787) | (1.1979) | |
0.4476 ** | 0.4453 *** | 0.3224 *** | |
(2.2487) | (4.2659) | (2.6310) | |
0.2011 * | 0.1338 | 0.2215 | |
(1.7422) | (1.1016) | (1.2168) | |
0.6408 *** | 0.0407 | −0.2401 | |
(3.2960) | (0.1034) | (−0.9046) | |
0.2268 | 0.3697 ** | −0.0964 | |
(1.4889) | (2.1621) | (−0.5085) | |
−0.0005 | 0.0005 | −0.0012 * | |
(−1.3527) | (1.1370) | (−1.7670) | |
2.1460 * | 2.5651 *** | 2.7647 * | |
(1.6678) | (2.9145) | (1.8200) | |
1133 | 902 | 1045 | |
0.8725 | 0.8873 | 0.8997 | |
year | Yes | Yes | Yes |
province | Yes | Yes | Yes |
(1) | (2) | (3) | |
---|---|---|---|
Eastern Region | Central Region | Western Region | |
0.0750 *** | 0.0684 *** | 0.0722 *** | |
(9.0329) | (12.1247) | (8.0962) | |
0.0118 | 0.0327 *** | 0.0386 * | |
(0.6528) | (3.2975) | (1.7426) | |
0.0718 *** | 0.0740 *** | 0.0858 *** | |
(6.4117) | (8.4245) | (7.9130) | |
0.0017 | 0.0203 | −0.0254 | |
(0.0349) | (1.0269) | (−1.0370) | |
0.2389 *** | 0.1728 *** | 0.2289 *** | |
(7.3876) | (7.9236) | (7.1152) | |
−0.0001 *** | −0.0002 *** | −0.0001 *** | |
(−3.4111) | (−4.8939) | (−2.6988) | |
−0.8112 *** | −0.8846 *** | −1.0806 *** | |
(−4.6713) | (−8.8349) | (−9.8263) | |
1133 | 902 | 1045 | |
0.8382 | 0.8927 | 0.8820 | |
year | Yes | Yes | Yes |
province | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Primary Indicator | Secondary Indicator | Unit | Indicator Type |
---|---|---|---|
Digital Infrastructure | Telecommunication Revenue () | CNY | Positive |
End-of-Year Mobile Phone Users () | 10,000 Households | Positive | |
Internet Broadband Access Users () | 10,000 Households | Positive | |
Overall Economic Level | Per Capita Regional GDP () | CNY | Positive |
GDP Growth Rate () | % | Positive | |
Urban Construction Land as a Percentage of Municipal Area () | % | Positive | |
Innovation Development Level | Innovation Index () | / | Positive |
Expenditure on Science and Technology () | CNY | Positive | |
Digital Industry Development Status | Proportion of Tertiary Industry Employees () | % | Positive |
Employees in Information Transmission, Software, and Information Technology Services () | 10,000 People | Positive | |
Proportion of Tertiary Industry in GDP () | % | Positive | |
Digital Inclusive Finance Index () | / | Positive | |
Ecological Environment Conditions | Greening Coverage of Built-up Areas () | % | Positive |
Number of Green Patents Applied () | Units | Positive | |
Industrial Sulfur Dioxide Emissions () | 10,000 Tons | Negative | |
Carbon Dioxide Emissions () | 10,000 Tons | Negative |
Primary Indicator | Primary Indicator Weight | Secondary Indicator | Secondary Indicator Weight |
---|---|---|---|
Digital Infrastructure | 0.1692 | Telecommunication Revenue () | 0.0446 |
End-of-Year Mobile Phone Users () | 0.0607 | ||
Internet Broadband Access Users () | 0.0638 | ||
Overall Economic Level | 0.1227 | Per Capita Regional GDP () | 0.0578 |
GDP Growth Rate () | 0.0274 | ||
Urban Construction Land as a Percentage of Municipal Area () | 0.0376 | ||
Innovation Development | 0.2228 | Innovation Index () | 0.1833 |
Expenditure on Science and Technology () | 0.0395 | ||
Digital Industry Development Status | 0.2890 | Proportion of Tertiary Industry Employees () | 0.0605 |
Employees in Information Transmission, Software, and Information Technology Services () | 0.0468 | ||
Proportion of Tertiary Industry in GDP () | 0.0734 | ||
Digital Inclusive Finance Index () | 0.1084 | ||
Ecological Environment Conditions | 0.1963 | Greening Coverage of Built-up Areas () | 0.0149 |
Number of Green Patents Applied () | 0.0698 | ||
Industrial Sulfur Dioxide Emissions () | 0.0620 | ||
Carbon Dioxide Emissions () | 0.0495 |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
OLS | 2SLS | OLS | 2SLS | OLS | 2SLS | OLS | 2SLS | |
Second stage | ||||||||
6.2341 *** (77.3740) | 9.1571 *** (56.6460) | 2.1390 *** (16.6791) | 1.661 *** (2.6093) | 1.2632 *** (11.3900) | 2.4478 *** (7.0686) | 1.1058 *** (6.1547) | 2.5731 *** (11.3978) | |
0.4711 *** (26.5348) | 0.3929 *** (13.8294) | 0.1267 * (1.7031) | 0.1282 *** (2.9278) | |||||
0.2316 *** | 0.2489 *** | 0.3256 *** | 0.3459 *** | |||||
(15.5896) | (18.4672) | (5.4253) | (11.3756) | |||||
0.2045 *** | 0.1365 *** | 0.1555 *** | 0.1152 *** | |||||
(9.7338) | (5.7467) | (4.8843) | (4.5678) | |||||
−0.0405 | −0.0564 | −0.0279 | −0.0347 | |||||
(−0.7668) | (−1.0448) | (−0.5815) | (−0.6778) | |||||
4.3292 *** | 2.9199 *** | 6.3037 *** | 6.5344 *** | 0.2034 | 0.9447 *** | 1.6907 *** | 3.1551 *** | |
(106.9652) | (36.9279) | (101.9463) | (21.2872) | (0.7590) | (3.2521) | (4.1097) | (8.5837) | |
3080 | 3080 | 3080 | 3080 | 3080 | 3080 | 3080 | 3080 | |
0.5519 | 0.8590 | 0.1618 | 0.2643 | |||||
year | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
city | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
First stage | ||||||||
0.0729 *** (55.2808) | 0.0242 *** (7.7671) | 0.0403 *** (15.6866) | 0.0151 *** (5.2663) | |||||
0.4306 | 0.1537 | 0.8512 | 0.1377 | |||||
F Statistic on IV | 1534.468 | 60.328 | 246.070 | 27.734 |
(1) | (2) | (3) | |
---|---|---|---|
Eastern Region | Central Region | Western Region | |
1.6365 *** | 0.9483 *** | 0.3897 | |
(5.4042) | (3.0052) | (1.0557) | |
0.1855 | 0.0330 | 0.0587 | |
(1.5284) | (0.3179) | (0.6051) | |
0.2555 *** | 0.3663 *** | 0.4053 *** | |
(4.1380) | (4.6102) | (4.5466) | |
0.1573 *** | 0.1542 *** | 0.2130 *** | |
(3.5028) | (2.8417) | (3.1969) | |
−0.0118 | −0.1311 | −0.0075 | |
(−0.2270) | (−1.3708) | (−0.0667) | |
1.7770 *** | 1.9547 *** | 0.6454 | |
(2.7238) | (2.9582) | (0.7373) | |
1133 | 902 | 1045 | |
0.3447 | 0.2931 | 0.2016 | |
year | Yes | Yes | Yes |
province | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Yang, W.; Zhu, C.; Yang, Y. Does Urban Digital Construction Promote Economic Growth? Evidence from China. Economies 2024, 12, 59. https://doi.org/10.3390/economies12030059
Yang W, Zhu C, Yang Y. Does Urban Digital Construction Promote Economic Growth? Evidence from China. Economies. 2024; 12(3):59. https://doi.org/10.3390/economies12030059
Chicago/Turabian StyleYang, Weixin, Chen Zhu, and Yunpeng Yang. 2024. "Does Urban Digital Construction Promote Economic Growth? Evidence from China" Economies 12, no. 3: 59. https://doi.org/10.3390/economies12030059