The Study On The Impact Of Digital Economy Infrastructure Construction On The Digital Economy Competitiveness Of Countries Along The Belt And Road

This paper aims to evaluate the current situation of digital economy infrastructure construction and digital economy competitiveness in several countries along the Belt and Road from 2011 to 2020.It uses spatial econometric models to study the relationship between digital economy infrastructure construction and digital economy competitiveness from the perspective of temporal and spatial evolution.The results show that the development of the digital economy in the "Belt and Road" countries presents a significant spatial clustering feature of "high in the south and low in the north." Overall,the construction of digital economy infrastructure plays a stable and positive role in promoting digital economy competitiveness under the dual space-time effect.The impact of digital economy infrastructure construction on digital economy competitiveness varies among different regions and income levels.Furthermore,the positive promoting effect of hard infrastructure construction of digital economy is higher than that of soft infrastructure construction of digital economy in promoting the competitiveness of the target country’s digital economy.These findings provide important insights into the relationship between digital economy infrastructure construction and digital economy competitiveness in countries along the Belt and Road and can help policymakers design effective strategies for promoting digital infrastructure development and improving competitiveness in the digital economy.