国际经济与贸易学院知识库

     In recent years, the international environment has become increasingly complex and volatile, trade protectionism is on the rise, and the uncertainty of the international situation has increased significantly. In particular, the sudden outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 has brought unprecedented challenges to China's foreign trade. In this context, the signing and entry into force of RCEP provides a valuable respite for China's foreign trade operating environment and helps stabilize China's foreign trade exports to the region. With its low cost and wide coverage, digital technology has penetrated into various fields around the world and brought significant benefits to all countries. At the same time, the rapid development of digital trade has become a key means and path to enhance international competitiveness. Therefore, an in-depth analysis of the influencing factors and internal mechanisms of the development level of digital trade in RCEP member states on the technical complexity of China's manufacturing export is of great significance for re-integrating international market resources, optimizing international market layout, and further improving the technical complexity of exports. This study not only contributes to our in-depth understanding of the relationship between digital trade and the technological complexity of manufacturing exports, but also provides valuable references for policy makers to promote the development of China's manufacturing industry in the direction of higher technological complexity.

  Firstly, this paper systematically reviews the relevant literature on the technical complexity of digital trade and manufacturing export in order to provide theoretical support for the subsequent research. Then, combined with the existing theories, the influence mechanism of digital trade on the technical complexity of manufacturing export is deeply discussed, and its internal logic is revealed. On this basis, 18 indicators are selected to construct a comprehensive evaluation system to evaluate and analyze the development status of digital trade in member countries. At the same time, this paper uses the measurement method of export technical complexity to quantify the overall level, country differences and industry differences of China's manufacturing export technical complexity. Finally, through a variety of empirical methods such as fixed effect, intermediary effect and regulatory effect, this paper examines the influence of member countries' digital trade on the technical complexity of China's manufacturing exports and its generation mechanism. Based on the research results, this paper puts forward targeted suggestions to promote the development of China's digital trade, optimize the technical complexity of manufacturing export, and then enhance the international competitiveness.