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March 25, 2026Scientific ReportsOpen Access

The mechanisms and spatiotemporal patterns of the digital economy’s effect on China’s pollution reduction and carbon efficiency

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BXBoda XinSRShuliang RenLLLianhong Lv

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Panel data analysis reveals digital economy enhances pollution reduction and carbon efficiency in China, indicating significant systemic change.

Key Points

  • This research investigates how the digital economy influences pollution reduction and carbon efficiency in China through various mechanisms.
  • Utilized panel data from 30 Chinese provinces spanning 2011 to 2020.
  • Employed mediation analysis to examine transmission mechanisms.
  • Applied Geographically and Temporally Weighted Regression (GTWR) to assess spatial effects.
  • Digital economy expansion reduces pollutant and carbon emission intensities by approximately 0.247 and 0.258 units per unit of growth.
  • Technological innovation accounts for 40.01% of the digital economy's total effect on emissions.
  • Spatially, pollution reductions are greater in northeastern and eastern provinces, while carbon efficiency improves more in western provinces.

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Xin et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69c37af0b34aaaeb1a67cd60https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-44813-w
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