Sustainability,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
17(10), P. 4737 - 4737
Published: May 21, 2025
The
digital
economy,
as
an
emerging
productive
force,
has
become
a
critical
catalyst
for
economic
sustainable
progress.
This
study
examines
the
regional
disparities
and
origins
of
well
its
spatial
temporal
growth
patterns,
which
are
essential
bridging
financial
gap
among
regions
promoting
synchronized
We
developed
multidimensional
index
system
to
evaluate
level
development
across
30
Chinese
provinces,
encompassing
aspects
such
Internet’s
evolution,
infrastructure,
capacity
innovation,
application
technologies.
imbalances
economy
were
scrutinized
using
Dagum
Gini
coefficient
decomposition.
Furthermore,
investigated
spatiotemporal
dynamics
progression
in
China,
employing
methods
like
kernel
density
estimation,
migration
models
gravity
center,
analysis
via
standard
deviation
ellipse.
results
reveal
following:
(1)
Digital
is
more
advanced
Eastern
China
compared
western
regions,
with
variations
primarily
driven
by
inter-regional
differences.
(2)
absolute
national
levels
widening,
relative
within
eastern
region
increasing.
Significant
polarization
observed
central
while
northeastern
comparatively
minimal.
(3)
center
China’s
overall
shifted
southward;
ellipse
extended
both
northward
southward
oblate;
dispersion
intensified.
