The Impact Of Digital Economy On The Competitiveness Of Digital Service Trade

With the rapid development of information technology and its continuous integration with the mode of economic operation,digital economy has been regarded as the "new engine" of economic growth and occupies an important position in the development strategy of most countries in the world.At the same time,with the continuous development of digital technology,the traditional trade mode has also changed.The development of digital economy makes the service trade break the traditional trade barriers,and the global economic activities become more convenient and efficient,and plays a positive role in the new round of international division of labor.The digital service trade has become a new driving force to promote the development of service trade.China ranked fifth in the world in terms of digital service trade volume in 2021,the only developing country among the top five,according to the latest data released by China’s Ministry of Commerce.However,China’s digital service trade still has problems such as unbalanced development and weak overall competitiveness.Therefore,it is of great significance to explore the impact of the development of digital economy on the competitiveness of digital service trade to promote the high-quality development of digital service trade.This paper mainly studies from the following aspects.On the basis of sorting out the research background,research significance and research status at home and abroad,the introduction discusses the research content,research methods and innovation points of the paper,and finds out the possible defects,which is the starting point of this paper.The first chapter is related concept definition and theoretical mechanism.This chapter first defines the concepts of digital economy and digital service trade,and then analyzes the influence mechanism of digital economy on the competitiveness of digital service trade.This chapter is the theoretical basis for further research in this paper.Chapter two analyzes the development status of digital economy and digital service trade in China and sample countries,and gives a brief overview of the development status of China’s digital economy and digital service trade.This chapter is the objective basis for further research in this paper.The third chapter establishes the index system of the evaluation of the development level of digital economy,and measures the development level of digital economy of China and sample countries through the entropy method.This chapter is the preliminary preparation for the empirical research.The fourth chapter is an empirical study on the impact of the development level of digital economy on the competitiveness of service trade.This chapter chooses the fixed effect model to conduct an empirical analysis on the impact of the development level of digital economy on the competitiveness of service trade,and conducts robustness,endogeneity test and heterogeneity test.This chapter is the key analysis content of this paper.Chapter Five is the conclusion and policy recommendations.Based on the previous analysis,this chapter draws the corresponding conclusions.Then,according to the specific national conditions of China,it will strengthen the construction of digital infrastructure,increase investment in research and development of digital service trade,strengthen the supervision of digital service trade and enhance the openness of digital service trade to develop China’s digital economy and improve the international competitiveness of digital services.The corresponding policy suggestions are put forward.