Analysis on the Influencing Factors of Digital Economy Development in Chinese Cities

Abstract

With the improvement of China's digital economy, how to drive the further development of digital economy has aroused the thinking of policy makers. The paper studies the factors spurring the digital economy in Chinese cities, based on a sample of 100 cities in 2018 and 113 cities in 2019. The results show that urban innovation ability and economic development level are the main factors affecting the development of urban digital economy. Human capital, road density, per capita GDP, government investment in scientific research has an impact on the development of urban digital economy through urban innovation ability. The digital economy has become a new driving force for China's economic development.