Collaborative Digital Governance for Sustainable Rural Development in China: An Evolutionary Game Approach

Shuangming Yin, Yansong Li, Xiaojuan Chen, Woraphon Yamaka () and Jianxu Liu
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Shuangming Yin: School of Economics, Shandong University of Finance and Economics, Jinan 250014, China
Yansong Li: School of Economics, Shandong University of Finance and Economics, Jinan 250014, China
Xiaojuan Chen: School of Economics, Shandong University of Finance and Economics, Jinan 250014, China
Woraphon Yamaka: Faculty of Economics, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
Jianxu Liu: School of Economics, Shandong University of Finance and Economics, Jinan 250014, China

Agriculture, 2024, vol. 14, issue 9, 1-23

Abstract: This paper explores the significance of digital governance for sustainable rural development in China, emphasizing the collaborative efforts of village administrative organizations, new agricultural business entities, and peasant households. Utilizing an evolutionary game approach, we examine the decision-making behaviors and stability points of these three entities within the context of rural digital governance. Our analysis is grounded in a mechanism of interest linkage among the stakeholders, with numerical simulations used to assess the impact of key variables and parameters on their evolutionary outcomes. The paper reveals that village administrative organizations are highly sensitive to changes in performance gains, special subsidies, penalty losses, and benefit distribution coefficients. Enhancing these variables can significantly motivate these organizations to engage in digital governance. In contrast, new agricultural business entities and peasant households demonstrate a stronger and more consistent willingness to collaborate, minimally affected by variable changes, which suggests a solid economic and social foundation for rural digital governance in China. Our paper underscores the need for positive incentives and a robust fault-tolerance mechanism to foster collaboration among village administrative organizations. It also highlights the importance of integrating new agricultural business entities into the digital governance framework to promote sustainable rural development. These insights provide valuable theoretical and practical implications for policymakers aiming to enhance the efficacy and inclusivity of digital governance in rural China.

Keywords: evolutionary game; multi-subject collaboration; new agricultural business entities; rural digital governance; sustainable rural development (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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