Table 1.
Digital economy indicator system.
| Level 1 indicators | Level 2 indicators | Indicator description |
|---|---|---|
| Digital infrastructure | Long-distance fiber optic cable line length | Length of long-distance fiber optic cable lines (billion kilometers) |
| Internet broadband access port | Internet broadband access ports (million) | |
| Telephone penetration rate | Total number of telephones (including cell phones)/total population of the administrative area × 100 (departments) | |
| Internet penetration rate | Number of Internet users as a proportion of the resident population (%) | |
| Number of Internet domain names | Number of Internet domain names (million) | |
| Digital industrialization | Number of digital economy companies | The number of electronic information manufacturing enterprises above the scale (a) |
| Digital industry practitioners | Average year-end employees in the information transmission, software, and information technology service industry (persons) | |
| Digital industry revenue capacity | The main business income of the electronic information manufacturing industry above the scale (billion yuan) | |
| Software business revenue | Software business revenue (million yuan) | |
| Total telecommunications business | Total telecom business (billion yuan) | |
| Number of digital TV subscribers | Number of digital TV subscribers (million) | |
| Industry digitization | E-commerce sales | E-commerce sales (billion yuan) |
| Enterprise information level | Number of computers used by enterprises per 100 people (units) | |
| Corporate website coverage | Number of websites per 100 enterprises (pcs) | |
| Digital inclusive finance index | Peking University Digital Inclusive Finance Index | |
| Number of courier services | Courier volume (million pieces) | |
| Digital environment | Data valorization | Number of data trading centers (pcs) |
| R&D investment intensity | Ratio of internal spending on R&D to GDP (%) | |
| Number of granted patent applications | The number of inventions, utility models, and appearance of three kinds of patents authorized (pieces) | |
| Years of schooling per capita | Average years of education (years) |