Research On The Influence Of Digital Economy Development On China’s Manufacturing Export Competitiveness

The importance of a country in international trade depends on the strength of its export competitiveness.Among them the development process of manufacturing industries can be considered as playing a key role in promoting international competitiveness.All along,our manufacturing industry has been facing a " big but not strong " predicament,there is a " stuck neck " phenomenon,the cost comparative advantage has been lost gradually after adopting the low cost strategy country to join the trade division of labor.In China’s economic and social boom stage,China’s big data,Internet,5G and other technologies to lead the times,and actively change the economic and social development trends and people’s way of life.The rise of the digital economy has boosted China’s economic and social development,and greatly facilitated the export of China’s manufacturing industry,bringing new impetus to China’s economic enhancement.General Secretary made it clear that China will always maintain international cooperation in the digital economy and provide Chinese solutions to global economic governance.In this context,The digital economy has played an unparalleled role in driving China’s manufacturing exports to the next level of competitiveness.Based on panel data of manufacturing industry segments from 2011-2020,this article analyzes how the digital economy has an impact on manufacturing export competitiveness,which is important at both the practical level and the theoretical level.This article aims to discuss the role of digital economy development in China’s manufacturing export competitiveness.To this end,We first conducted a large amount of summary analysis in terms of literature matching the content of this paper,observed the social development trend of China’s digital economy,and combined the data to construct an evaluation index system,mainly including three primary indicators and nine secondary indicators,which are digital input,digital output,digital development,through entropy weight method calculation,we can assess the level of digital economy development in each segment of the manufacturing industry,and divide the manufacturing industry into three low,medium and high technical levels for comparative analysis.Secondly,The RCA index and TC index are used to assess the overall export competitiveness of the manufacturing industry,and at the same time,the development of export competitiveness of its sub-industries is further compared and analyzed,followed by a deeper analysis of the development orientation of the export competitiveness of the manufacturing industry from the calculation results of the RCA index.Through the analysis of the development of digital economy,the influence mechanism of digital economy on the export competitiveness of manufacturing industry is pointed out more clearly from the perspectives of technological innovation,human capital level and labor productivity.Finally,using the data of China’s manufacturing industry in the ten-year period from 2011 to 2020,We analyze the specific reasons why the digital economy enhances the export competitiveness of manufacturing industries and discuss the relationship between the export competitiveness of different industry sectors and examine the impact mechanisms.The conclusions are as follows:(1)The digital economy can promote the competitiveness of China’s manufacturing exports by improving technological innovation,raising the level of human capital and improving labor productivity,among other paths.(2)The digital economy enables the overall export trade capacity of the manufacturing industry to be enhanced to some extent,but its enhancing effect varies widely among the three sub-sectors.For high-tech manufacturing industry,it can take advantage of the characteristics of high growth,high diffusion and high permeability of digital economy to optimize the production mode,obtain relevant industrial information through data sharing platform,and ealize informatization,intelligence and sharing,so as to imrprove its export competiti-veness.For the medium technology industry manufacturing,faced with the challenge from the digital economy,They have to spend a lot of digital cost to improve the production efficiency,to maintain export competitiveness in the international market,but this investment often leads to the cost exceeding the benefit,thus weakening their export competitiveness.For low-tech manufacturing industry,although the digital economy has played a role in its export competitiveness,it has gained a lower cost advantage in the international market due to its greater reliance on cheap labor,have lower requirements on labor technical standards,and and invest less in upgrading production equipment,thus gaining a lower cost advantage in the international market.This paper proposes the following: bolster the digital economy base,recognize the part innovation can play,prioritize personnel instruction,bolster science and technology personnel capability building,and give consideration to the part of digital economy booster,depth,and manufacturing unification.