Research on the Integration and Development of Digital Economy and Real Economy under the Perspective of New Quality Productive Forces—Taking Fujian Province as an Example
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new quality productive forces, integration of digital economy and real economy, dual structure, case study of Fujian Province, institutional innovation and talent cultivation
Abstract
In the strategic context of developing new quality productive forces, the integration of digital economy and real economy has become the core path to promote high-quality development. As a pioneer area in the construction of “Digital China”, the integration practice of Fujian Province is of typical significance. The purpose of this paper is to reveal the non-equilibrium evolution mechanism of digital integration between leading enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and to solve the problem of industrial digital divide. Comprehensively applying case study method, comparative analysis method and policy text analysis, this paper selects leading enterprises such as Contemporary Amperex Technology Co.,Ltd., Anta and traditional manufacturing SMEs as research objects, and systematically analyzes the micro-paths and macro-barriers of digital integration by combining the policy documents of Fujian Province and field data. The study proposes a three-in-one integration support framework of “chain leader - small, fast, light and accurate - transformation coupon”, emphasizing that the role of the government should be shifted from a resource provider to an ecological enabler; introduces the perspective of “new type of production relationship”, highlighting the systemic and institutional barriers to the integration. It also introduces the perspective of “new type of production relationship”, highlighting the key role of institutional innovation and cross-strait collaboration in fostering new productive forces. Fujian Province is characterized by a “dual structure”: leading enterprises have achieved productivity leap through extreme manufacturing and green transformation, while SMEs generally face the dilemma of “not daring to switch, not wanting to switch, and not knowing how to switch”. The solution lies in the construction of a dynamic ecosystem with chain master as the traction, service platform as the carrier, and institutional innovation as the guarantee, so as to promote the development of integration in the direction of wider, deeper and greener.
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