互联网对区域经济发展有较大的影响,在研究二者关系时,引入固定资产投资、外商投资企业投资总额和国内专利申请受理量指标,比仅仅用GDP指标更能全面代表区域经济发展水平。通过对2001—2013年国内31个省份相关数据进行实证分析,可以看出,互联网与区域经济的发展是相辅相成的。网站的数目越多,生产总值越大。同时,区域生产总值越多,外商投资企业投资总额越大,互联网发展水平就越好。但固定资产投资对互联网的发展却是负向作用。通过将31个省份划分为东、中、西三个区域,并对其差异性进行分析,可以看出,网站数量的增加会促进经济的发展,但程度是由东向西增加。地区生产总值的增加也会促进互联网的发展,其程度却是由东向西递减。针对我国各区域经济发展的不同情况,应加快推进“互联网+”项目计划,加快互联网基础设施建设,重点推进中西部地区的网络发展,制定相应的激励政策,加大对中、西部的投资力度,进一步促进东部地区互联网的发展,推进区域间经济协调发展。
The Internet has a great influence on the development of regional economy. In the study of their relationship, compared with GDP index, the indexes of investment in fixed assets, of total investment of foreign - invested enterprises and of acceptance amount of domestic patent application can more fully represent the development level of regional economy. Through the empirical analysis of relevant data of 31 provinces in China from 2001 to 2013 , it can be found that the Internet and regional economic development supplement each other. For different development of each area5 s economy, the operation of the a Internet + ” project should be accelerated, speeding up the Internet infrastructure construction and mainly promoting the network development of the center and the west. In order to propel the coordinated development of interregional economy, it is necessary to make corresponding incentive policy to increase the investment in the center and the west and to further promote the development of the Internet in the east.