Research On The Impact Of Digital Economy Development On China’s Export Trade

In the context of global economic integration,export trade plays an undeniable role in promoting the prosperity and development of a country’s economy.However,the prevalence of trade frictions and protectionism has brought new pressure to the development of China’s export trade.In recent years,with the development of technologies such as the Internet,big data,and artificial intelligence,the digital economy has become an important engine driving global economic growth and has had a profound impact on various industries,including export trade.Its rapid development is of great significance in solving the problems faced by China’s export trade and promoting new breakthroughs in China’s exports.This article first defines the concept of the digital economy by referring to relevant literature both domestically and internationally,and analyzes relevant research on the impact of the digital economy on export trade.Subsequently,an analysis was conducted on the development overview of the digital economy and export trade,and the entropy weight method was used to calculate the development level of China’s digital economy.It was found that there is a "gap" in the development of the digital economy between different regions in China.Subsequently,the impact mechanism of China’s digital economy on export trade was discussed,and relevant hypotheses on the impact path of the digital economy on export trade were proposed.In the empirical part,this paper selects the panel data of 31 provincial administrative regions in China from 2012 to 2021 as the sample,uses the digital economic development index calculated by the entropy weight method as the core explanatory variable,uses export trade volume as the explanatory variable,and conducts a regression analysis,and conducts a mechanism test on the hypothesis proposed previously.In addition,a sub sample regression was conducted on the regions with differences in the development level of the digital economy mentioned earlier,exploring the differences in the impact of different levels of digital economy development on export trade.The results indicate that the digital economy has a significant promoting effect on China’s export trade,and can promote import and export growth by promoting the development of the ICT industry,optimizing the information service system,and promoting enterprise innovation.And regions with high levels of digital economy development have a more significant promotion effect on export trade.Therefore,based on empirical results,this article proposes relevant suggestions from three aspects:resolving the "gap" in regional digital economy development,developing ICT industry and information services,and innovating enterprises,in order to better utilize the dividends of digital economy development in China’s export trade and achieve sustained and stable growth.