Research on Infrastructure Construction in the Yangtze River Delta Region Oriented by New Quality Productive Forces: A Prefecture-level Analysis
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https://doi.org/10.54097/ampgwg23Keywords:
New Quality Productive Forces, Regional Infrastructure Construction, Technological Innovation, Government ResponsivenessAbstract
Developing new quality productive forces, an advanced form of productive forces, is a key driving force for promoting regional structural layout and high-quality infrastructure development. Based on panel data from 41 cities in China's Yangtze River Delta region from 2011 to 2022, this paper constructs an evaluation index system grounded in theory and empirically analyzes the impact of new quality productive forces on infrastructure construction. The study finds that the development of new quality productive forces significantly promotes infrastructure construction in the Yangtze River Delta, a conclusion that holds after endogeneity treatment and a series of robustness tests. Heterogeneity analysis indicates that the impact of new quality productive forces on infrastructure is more pronounced in non-coastal cities and megacities. Mediation effect tests show that new quality productive forces can achieve high-quality infrastructure development by enhancing technological innovation capacity and strengthening government responsiveness. Therefore, this paper suggests providing momentum for the construction of a modern infrastructure system and regional coordinated development by systematically cultivating the core elements of new quality productive forces, implementing differentiated urban development strategies, smoothing collaborative transmission mechanisms, and removing regional administrative barriers.
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