The Impact of Digital Rural Construction on Rural Revitalization-Empirical Evidence from Chinese County Panel Data

Jinqian Deng, Xiao Li and Na Zhang ()
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Jinqian Deng: School of Economics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
Xiao Li: School of Economics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
Na Zhang: College of Economics, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, China

Agriculture, 2024, vol. 14, issue 11, 1-24

Abstract: High-quality economic growth across society is increasingly being driven by the quickly evolving digital economy, with digital villages integrated into various aspects of rural development, construction, and governance, providing essential digital support for achieving comprehensive rural revitalization. By employing county-level panel data from China spanning 2018 to 2020, the Rural Revitalization Index was constructed and applied at the county level, and empirical tests were performed in combination with the Digital Village Index. The results demonstrate that the establishment of digital villages greatly enhances the progress of rural revitalization, with the sub-dimensions of digitalized rural economies and rural lifestyles playing particularly positive roles. Based on this, the mechanisms through which digital village construction empowers rural revitalization were examined, with the process being summarized as “factor aggregation–entities cultivation–market integration.” Further analysis demonstrates that the empowerment effect of digital village construction on rural revitalization is more pronounced in counties that are not major grain producers, have longer road networks, and are located closer to Hangzhou. Thus, it is essential to continue advancing digital village initiatives, identify integration points based on rural functional roles and resource endowments, and explore pathways to fully realize their empowering effects on rural revitalization.

Keywords: digital countryside; rural revitalization; factor aggregation; subject cultivation; connecting to markets (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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