数字化赋能林下经济发展的机理

The Mechanism of Digitization Enabling the Development of the Undergrowth Economy

基于2013—2020年30个省市的相关数据,分析数字化与林下经济增量提效的关系,探索数字化对林下经济的作用机制。结果表明:数字化通过数字整合效应和创新效应从林下经济生产增量提效、林下产品流通效率提升与林下产业融合程度加深、居民消费理念升级3个维度协同赋能林下经济的发展;数字化对东部、中部、西部林下经济的赋能力度依次增强,对后发地区林下经济产值提升的边际效应更为明显,这与多数数字化对城市产业的赋能强度梯次恰好相反。因此,应推动数字化与林下经济的深层融合,并加强林区数字产品建设,以激发林区发展潜力,发挥数字乡村的带动效应。

⑴Background——Digital economy is one of the strong driving forces for China s economic development,and it is necessary to promote the deep integration of digital technology and rural economy.The development of forest economy is a new growth point of rural economy.Digital technology is being used more and more widely in forestry field.Therefore,by exploring the impact mechanism and paths of digital development on the undergrowth economy,we can find a new engine to promote the development of the undergrowth economy.⑵Methods——The research hypotheses were proposed on the basis of theoretical analysis.The output value of the undergrowth economy was selected as the explained variable,the digitization degree was selected as the core explanatory variable,the digitization degree of rural inclusive finance,investment in forestry fixed assets,forest coverage rate,regional average annual precipitation,annual average temperature and annual average relative humidity were selected as the control variables,and forest product output,forestland productivity,rural comprehensive circulation efficiency,industrial integration index and per capita disposable income were selected as the mediating variables.The research data came from China Forestry and Grassland Statistical Yearbook,National Bureau of Statistics,WIND database and China Digital Rural Development Report(2023).Based on the data of the undergrowth economic industries in 30 provinces(autonomous regions and municipalities)except Tianjin,Hong Kong,Macao and Taiwan from 2013 to 2020,this paper analyzed the enabling effect of digitization on the undergrowth economy by using a fixed effect model.At the same time,the heterogeneity of the forest areas in eastern,central and western China was analyzed,and the mechanism of digitization on the undergrowth economy was analyzed and tested.⑶Results——The influence coefficient of digitization on the output value of the undergrowth economy is 1.484,P<0.01,that is,the digital development can promote the improvement of the output value of the undergrowth economy.From the regional perspective,the influence coefficient of digital development on the output value of the undergrowth economy is the largest in the western region(5.211,P<0.05),and the influence coefficients from the western region to the central region and then to the eastern region decrease successively(1.855,1.567,P<0.05),indicating that in the backward forest regions,the effect of digital development on the output value of the undergrowth economy is more significant.In the test of the enabling mechanism of the digital development on the undergrowth economy,digital development promotes the development of the undergrowth economic industry by virtue of its rich digital productivity,digital circulation and digital consumption capacity.⑷Conclusions and Discussions——Based on the above analysis,the following policy suggestions are put forward:First,use cloud computing and big data technology to continuously improve the level of intelligent management in forest areas,and accelerate the construction of digital forest areas,forestry internet of things applications and electronic transactions of undergrowth products.Second,strengthen the diversified supply of digital public products in the forest areas,meet the diversified needs of the forest areas,and promote the integrated development of the three industries of undergrowth economy.Third,pay attention to the digital construction of the backward forest areas,and release the economic potential of the backward forest areas.Fourth,innovate green financial products and enhance the inclusion of rural financial products.