Analysis on the Influence Mechanism of Digital Rural Development on the County-Level Economic Growth
WENG Ning
Abstract：[Objective/Meaning]The digital rural development is one of effective driving forces for promoting the county-level economic growth under the new situation.Investigating the effect of digital rural development on the county-level economic growth holds substantial practical significance for advancing the high-quality development of county-level economies and fostering the integrated urban-rural development.[Methods/Procedures]The fixed effect model was used to systematically analyze the impact and mechanism of digital rural development on the county-level economic growth by constructing a dataset that matched the county-level index of Digital Villages from 2019 to 2020 and China County Statistical Yearbook.[Results/Conclusions]The results showed that the digital rural development has significantly promoted the local county-level economic growth.Moreover,the mechanism analysis showed that the digital rural development would promote the county-level economic growth by facilitating the reflow of capital and enhancing the level of industrial agglomeration.Finally,the heterogeneity analysis showed that in the eastern regions and those with a higher level of traditional financial development,the county-level economic growth effect of digital rural development was more significant,and the financial institutions' support was inclined towards the digitalization of rural governance and the digitalization of rural life.
Keywords：digital rural developmentcounty-level economic growthreflow of capitalindustrial agglomeration
Publication Date：2025-10-30
Online Publishing Date：2026-02-04(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：8( 31-38 )