Research On The Impact Of National Innovation Capacity On The International Competitiveness Of Digital Service Trade

At present,the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial change is advancing rapidly,and global scientific and technological innovation has entered an unprecedentedly intensive and active period,and the implementation of innovation-driven development strategy and the enhancement of national innovation capacity have become the general consensus of all countries.At the same time,cuttingedge technologies such as artificial intelligence,cloud computing,big data,5 G,blockchain,etc.are no longer just on the beautiful appearance,but have now entered every aspect of the digital service industry,with new scenarios of digital services such as digital platform services,digital finance,digital culture,digital tourism,telemedicine,online education,etc.The digital technologies empowered by technological innovation are constantly breaking through the boundaries of service trade and promoting the development of the service industry in terms of trade methods and trade products.It promotes the digitalization of service industry in trade methods and trade products,and greatly improves the tradability of services.In the new track of digital service trade development,how to use the innovation ability to release the development potential of digital service trade,accelerate the transformation of economic growth momentum,and enhance the international competitiveness of digital service trade is now an important research topic.This paper compiles the literature on national innovation capacity and digital service trade,quantifies the current situation of national innovation capacity and digital service trade development in major economies,and analyzes in detail the influence mechanism of national innovation capacity on the international competitiveness of digital service trade based on innovation theory,factor endowment theory and national competitive advantage theory.According to the global innovation index system and global digital service trade scale ranking,this paper selects digital service trade data of32 countries from 2013 to 2020 to establish cross-country panel data,and empirically investigates the relationship between national innovation capacity and international competitiveness of digital service trade.This contributes new ideas for the development of digital service trade in China.According to the empirical results,first,national innovation capacity effectively promotes the competitiveness of digital services trade,and this promotion effect is more significant for high-income countries.Second,high-tech industry,digital infrastructure,network connectivity level,service industry development status,and economic globalization opportunities all affect a country’s digital service export competitiveness,but the degree of impact varies for countries at different development stages.For highincome countries,using high-tech development to drive the digital service industry can enhance trade competitiveness,while for other countries,the absorption capacity of innovation results is poor,and accelerating the construction of digital infrastructure and improving the level of information network is the key to enhancing the competitiveness of digital service trade.Third,compared with innovation inputs,innovation outputs can significantly enhance the competitiveness of digital service trade.Finally,this paper makes the following recommendations based on the findings of the study: first,increase investment in technological innovation,improve innovation efficiency,enhance the overall national innovation capacity,and increase the supply of digital technologies;second,improve infrastructure construction,enhance network interconnection,promote the construction of digital platforms,and support the digital transformation of the modern service economy;third,increase support for the digital service industry,give full play to the advantages of the national innovation system,and improve the structure of service industries,cultivate new industries and special industrial clusters,and strengthen China’s influence and control over world digital service trade;fourth,encourage enterprises to establish innovation strategies to enhance the competitiveness of digital service trade at the enterprise level;fifth,actively participate in the formulation of digital service trade rules,enhance the right to speak in international trade,optimize the digital business environment,create a healthy digital economy ecology,and construct a digital service institutional advantages.