数字经济对城乡融合发展的影响——基于产业结构升级的中介效应检验

The Impact of Digital Economy on Urban-Rural Integrated Development—Testing the Intermediary Effect Based on Industrial Structure Upgrading

摘要: 随着我国社会主要矛盾的变化，重塑新型城乡关系，促进城乡融合发展成为新时代解决发展不平衡不充分的重要议题。本文以我国大陆30个省市区2012~2022年的面板数据为观测样本，探究数字经济影响城乡融合发展的机理及区域差异。研究结果表明：数字经济对城乡融合发展具有显著的推动作用，且产业结构升级在其中发挥了部分中介效应，而数字经济对城乡融合发展的促进作用在一定程度上受到区域特征的影响。据此，本文提出相应的政策建议，以期从数字经济角度为促进城乡融合提供政策参考。

Abstract: With the changes in the main contradictions in our society, reshaping the new urban-rural relationship and promoting urban-rural integrated development have become important issues in the new era to solve the problem of unbalanced and inadequate development. This article uses the panel data of 30 provinces and municipalities in Chinese mainland from 2012 to 2022 as an observation sample to explore the mechanism and regional differences of the digital economy’s impact on urban-rural integrated development. The research results show that the digital economy has a significant role in promoting the integrated development of urban and rural areas, and the upgrading of industrial structure plays a partial intermediary effect. However, the promoting effect of the digital economy on the integrated development of urban and rural areas is affected by regional characteristics to a certain extent. Based on this, this article puts forward corresponding policy suggestions in order to provide policy reference for promoting urban-rural integration from the perspective of digital economy.