Abstract
Promoting rural industrial revitalization is the foundation and key to all-around rural revitalization. In recent years, the rapid development of the digital economy has made digital technology an important driver of rural industrial development. Nevertheless, empirical evidence demonstrating whether digital economy development policies effectively foster rural industrial revitalization remains limited. Consequently, this paper treats National Pilot Zone for Digital Economy Innovation and Development Policy as a quasi-natural experiment and uses panel data from China's 31 provinces from 2011 to 2021 to analyze the impact of the digital economy on rural industrial revitalization. The results indicate that National Pilot Zone for Digital Economy Innovation and Development Policy improves the level of rural industrial revitalization. This conclusion remains valid even after a series of robustness checks. Therefore, accelerating the construction process of National Pilot Zone for Digital Economy Innovation and Development through expansion and strengthening of the pilot zone is desirable for rural industrial revitalization.
https://ror.org/01ye9d912 
