Research On The Impact Of Digital Economy On The Export Competitiveness Of Manufacturing Industry

With the rapid development and in-depth application of artificial intelligence,big data,the Internet of Things and other information technology,various industries have started the process of digital transformation,and digital economy has become a new engine for the transformation and upgrading of China’s industrial structure.At the same time,the reconstruction of the global value chain,the increasingly fierce market competition and the new trend of consumer demand have made it urgent for China ’s manufacturing industry to optimize its industrial layout and carry out digital,intelligent and service-oriented transformation and upgrading.Relying on the advantages of digital economy,the manufacturing industry will be greatly improved in terms of efficiency,product quality and export competitiveness.However,most of the studies on digital economy,manufacturing servitization and manufacturing export competitiveness in China have focused on the relationship between the two,and few studies have systematically analyzed the three under the same framework.Therefore,this paper explores the relationship between digital economy,manufacturing servitization and manufacturing export competitiveness,and the intermediary role of manufacturing servitization in the process of digital economy affecting manufacturing export competitiveness,which has enlightening significance at both theoretical and practical levels.This article focuses on the research of digital economy,manufacturing service and manufacturing export competitiveness,mainly analyzing the impact of digital economy on manufacturing export competitiveness from the perspective of intermediary effects of manufacturing service.Firstly,this paper theoretically analyzes the impact of digital economy on the export competitiveness of the manufacturing industry and the intermediary role played by the service-oriented manufacturing industry in this process.Secondly,this paper constructs an index system for the development level of digital economy,assign corresponding weights to each index through the entropy method,in order to measure the development level of digital economy in each province of China,and analyzes the development status of digital economy,manufacturing service and manufacturing export competitiveness in each province of China through the corresponding measurement methods of manufacturing service and manufacturing export competitiveness.Finally,the panel data of 30 provinces and cities in China are selected from 2010 to 2020,and the benchmark regression model and mediating effect model are used to analyze the impact of digital economy on the export competitiveness of manufacturing industry and the mediating effect of manufacturing servitization in this process.The research results show that digital economy can significantly drive the competitiveness of manufacturing exports.The higher the level of digital economy development,the stronger the export competitiveness of the manufacturing industry.As an emerging economic form,digital economy can enhance the competitiveness of manufacturing exports by promoting the service transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry and improving the level of service orientation.The heterogeneity analysis leads to the conclusion that the impact of digital economy on the export competitiveness of manufacturing industry generally shows a geographical pattern of weakening from the east to the west and the middle.Digital infrastructure construction has the greatest promotion effect on the export competitiveness of manufacturing industry,followed by the popularity of digital economy,and the development of digital industry has a weak impact on the export competitiveness of manufacturing industry.The higher the quality of labor force in the region,the more digital economy can play a significant role in promoting the export competitiveness of manufacturing industry.The higher the level of regional government spending on technology,the greater the contribution of the digital economy to the competitiveness of manufacturing exports and the more significant the effect.On this basis,this paper proposes the following policy suggestions: first,focus on promoting the development of the digital economy;second,accelerate the service-oriented transformation and development of manufacturing industry;third,promote coordinated development of regional digital economy;fourth,enterprises should accelerate the pace of digital and service-oriented transformation and development.