Table 1 Evaluation Index System of Urban Digitalization.
Object | Dimension | Index (Attribute) | Indicator description (Unit) | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Urban digitalization level | Digital infrastructure | The density of long-distance cable (+) | Cable length per square kilometer (km) | 0.064 |
Mobile Internet Basics (+) | Mobile telephone exchange capacity per 100 people (households) | 0.047 | ||
Broadband Internet Basics (+) | Number of Internet broadband ports per 100 people (units) | 0.057 | ||
Digital application level | Mobile phone penetration (+) | Number of mobile phones per 100 households (units) | 0.024 | |
Number of websites owned by enterprises (+) | Number of websites per 100 enterprises (units) | 0.011 | ||
Express business volume per capita (+) | Express business volume per capita (pieces) | 0.253 | ||
Digital industry development | Digital industry personnel scale (+) | The proportion of employed persons in the digital industry to employed persons in urban units (%) (Pang et al., 2021) | 0.101 | |
Digital industry investment intensity (+) | The percentage of fixed asset investment in the digital industry compared to overall fixed asset investment in society (%) | 0.169 | ||
The economic scale of the digital industry (+) | The share of revenue generated by the digital industry in regional GDPa (%) | 0.175 | ||
Digital Financial Inclusion | The breadth of coverage (+) | Digital Financial Inclusion Coverage Index | 0.037 | |
Depth of use (+) | Digital Financial Inclusion Penetration Index | 0.034 | ||
Digital degree (+) | Digital Financial Inclusion Digitalization Index | 0.029 |
