Research on the Mechanism and Realization Path of Digital Technology Enabling High-quality Integration between Urban and Rural Areas

Urban and rural integration is the only way to solve the main social contradictions and achieve high-quality economic development. The booming digital technology, as the core of new quality productivity, provides new momentum for urban and rural integration. This paper takes the equalization of urban and rural basic services as a proxy variable for high-quality urban-rural integration, and empirically examines the enabling effect of digital technology on high-quality urban-rural integration based on the data of 282 prefecture-level cities nationwide from 2011 to 2021. The research shows that digital technology can effectively enable high-quality urban-rural integration; The development of digital technology promotes the high-quality integration of urban and rural areas by promoting industrial transformation and upgrading.