The Intrinsic Logic and an Empirical Study of the Coupling Between the Digital Economy and Rural Economic Resilience

The coordinated advancement of the digital economy and rural economic resilience is a new dynamic engine for high-quality rural and agricultural development. To quantitatively evaluate the degree of coordinated development between the digital economy and rural economic resilience, this paper selects provincial panel data from 10 Chinese provinces for 20162023, and constructs an indicator system for the digital economy that reflects digital infrastructure and industrial digitalization, as well as a chained economic-resilience evaluation system reflecting resistanceadaptationtransformation. Indicator weights are determined comprehensively using the entropy-weight method. Based on a coupling-coordination-degree model, a comparative analysis is then conducted on the coupling-coordination types of urban digital economy and ecological resilience across 30 provinces nationwide. The study finds that: in terms of temporal evolution, the coupling-coordination degree of the provinces has grown steadily, although many provinces remain in a state of disequilibrium; overall the development trend is positive. Spatially, the coupling-coordination degree exhibits an east-high, west-low; south-high, north-low pattern. By 2023, most regions were in a coordinated state.