Research on the effect and mechanism of digitalization in bridging the urban-rural income gap

In the context of solidly promoting common prosperity, narrowing the income gap between urban and rural areas is an important element in realizing common prosperity in China. In recent years, with the continuous development of the digital economy, the impact of the digital economy on the urban-rural income gap has become a hotspot of concern for all walks of life. Accelerating the construction of digital infrastructure to help narrow the urban-rural income gap is an important strategic direction for comprehensively promoting rural revitalization in the new era. The relationship between the development of digital technology and the urban-rural income gap shows an inverted "U" shape. In the short term, the development of digital technology may exacerbate the urban-rural income gap, but in the long term, its sustained development will help narrow the gap between urban and rural areas. In promoting the digitalization process in the future, the Government should pay more attention to expanding the breadth of its application, introducing relevant preferential policies for the central and western regions, and encouraging the sharing of infrastructure in developed regions, so as to more effectively contribute to the narrowing of the urban-rural income gap, and solidly promote the common prosperity of the entire population.