# International comparison of China’s digitalization level and its enlightenment

## TL;DR

This paper compares China's digitalization level with major developed countries to identify insights for improvement.

## Contribution

A new comprehensive evaluation index system for digitalization development is proposed and tested.

## Key findings

- China's digitalization level is rapidly developing but lags behind top developed countries.
- Regional differences in digitalization levels are significant within and across countries.
- Advanced experiences from developed countries offer valuable insights for China's digitalization strategy.

## Abstract

The global digital wave has flourished in recent years, and the digital technology revolution has emerged. Digitalization plays an undeniable role in promoting modern economic and social development in multiple aspects such as economy, society, innovation, public services and sustainable development, China’s digitalization application is also developing rapidly. In order to better measure the current situation of China’s digitalization development level, this paper constructs a comprehensive evaluation index system of digitalization development from four dimensions of talents in the digital field, digital infrastructure construction, digitalization innovation ability and international competitiveness, and tests the index system. The entropy method is used to measure the level of digitalization development between China and the United States, the United Kingdom, France and other major developed countries in the world, and the coefficient of variation method, kernel density estimation and Dagum Gini coefficient method are used to analyze the temporal and spatial characteristics and regional differences of digitalization development level of seven countries. This paper makes a comparative analysis between China and major developed countries from the historical perspective of the evolution of the techno-economic paradigm. With a view to summarizing and exploring from it and drawing on the advanced experiences accumulated by the developed countries over a long period of time, so as to provide China with useful insights and bases for further enhancing its digitalization development level.