The Impact of the Quality of Digital Economy Development on Manufacturing in the Yangtze River Delta City Cluster

Abstract

Yangtze River is the most dynamic, open and innovative region in China, as well as an important region for modernization and comprehensive opening. In this paper, under the strategic background of the integration of the Yangtze River Delta region, this paper systematically studies the transformation and upgrading of digitalization and manufacturing from the perspective of urban agglomeration, establishes a measurement model of the digital economy, constructs a comprehensive evaluation system for the quality of digital economy, and intuitively displays and studies the impact mechanism and realization path of digital economy and manufacturing transformation and upgrading. The objective of the study is to examine whether the development of the digital economy is a driver of regional development. The results of the study revealed that the quality of digital economy development in the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration has a positive impact on the transformation and upgrading of the local manufacturing industry.