Table 2 Data source information.

From: Exploring the spatiotemporal evolution mechanism of rural e-commerce: insights from the experience of Taobao towns in China

Code

Data Name

Reference

X1

GDP

China Economic Network (2022)

X2

Cargo volume

NBSC National Bureau of Statistics of China (2021)

X3

Express business volume

MOT Ministry of Transport of the People’s Republic of China (2022)

X4

Road network density

China Highway (2020)

X5

Digital village index

Peking University Institute for New Rural Development (2020)

X6

The number of enterprises with e-commerce activities

NBSC National Bureau of Statistics of China (2021)

X7

Regional innovation and entrepreneurship indexa

Peking University Open Research Data Platform (2019)

  1. aIt includes four aspects: the number of new enterprises, attracting foreign investment, attracting venture capital, the number of patents granted, and the number of trademark registrations.
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