HUBEI AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES ›› 2026, Vol. 65 ›› Issue (1): 227-232.doi: 10.14088/j.cnki.issn0439-8114.2026.01.033

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An empirical study on the digital economy empowering the high-quality development of China’s foreign trade in agricultural products

ZHANG Gui-xiang1, SHEN Jian2, ZHANG Shi-ting3   

  1. 1. School of Political and Economic Management, Guizhou Minzu University, Guiyang 550025, China;
    2. Huadian Xizang Energy Co., Ltd., Lhasa 850031, China;
    3. School of Economics and Finance, Hohai University, Changzhou 213200, Jiangsu, China
  • Received:2025-08-11 Online:2026-01-25 Published:2026-02-10

Abstract: The deep integration of digital economy and foreign trade of agricultural products has become an important force to promote high-quality economic development. Based on China’s provincial panel data from 2014 to 2023, a two-way fixed effect model was constructed to empirically analyze the impact of digital economy on the high-quality development of agricultural product foreign trade. The results showed that digital economy was significantly positively correlated with the high-quality development of agricultural product foreign trade; there was regional heterogeneity in the impact of digital economy on the high-quality development of foreign trade of agricultural products. In the end, some policy suggestions of promoting the quality and brand construction, enhancing the competitiveness of agricultural products in the international market, strengthening digital infrastructure, and implementing regional differentiated digital economy development policies were put forward.

Key words: digital economy, agricultural products, high-quality development of foreign trade, two-way fixed effect model

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