Study on the Impact of Digital Economy on Industrial Transformation and Upgrading in Western China

数字时代的到来带来数字技术的崛起和数字经济规模的不断壮大，实体经济的发展离不开产业的转型升级，而产业数字化转型是实现数字经济与实体经济的深入融合的必经之路。本文基于2013~2022年西部地区除西藏外的11个省份的面板数据，通过构建数字经济和产业转型升级指标体系，运用固定效应模型对数字经济对西部地区的产业转型升级进行研究。得出结论：(1) 数字经济能够显著促进西部地区产业的转型升级；(2) 数字经济对西部地区产业转型升级的作用具有异质性；(3) 数字经济能够通过促进科学教育支出来促进西部地区产业转型升级。通过此研究，可以更好地了解西部地区数字经济和产业转型升级现状，并为西部地区产业数字化转型提供思路。The advent of the digital age has witnessed the rise of digital technologies and the continuous expansion of the digital economy. The development of the real economy cannot be separated from the transformation and upgrading of industries, and the digital transformation of industries is an inevitable path for the in-depth integration of the digital economy and the real economy. Based on the panel data of 11 provinces in the western region (excluding Tibet) from 2013 to 2022, this paper constructs an index system of the digital economy and industrial transformation and upgrading, and uses the fixed effect model to study the impact of the digital economy on the industrial transformation and upgrading in the western region. The conclusions are as follows: (1) The digital economy can significantly promote the transformation and upgrading of industries in the western region; (2) The effect of the digital economy on the transformation and upgrading of industries in the western region is heterogeneous; (3) The digital economy can promote the transformation and upgrading of industries in the western region by promoting scientific and educational expenditures. Through this research, a better understanding of the current situation of the digital economy and industrial transformation and upgrading in the western region can be achieved, and ideas for the digital transformation of industries in the western region can be provided.