Analysis of Digital Economy Development Based on AHP-Entropy Weight Method

Abstract

At present, China’s economic development is in a critical period of transformation, which needs to get rid of the dependence on the real estate industry and low-end export processing industry, and is in urgent need of new growth engines. The emergence of the digital economy has provided a boost to economic upgrading, but to give full play to the potential of the digital economy, we must have an accurate and full understanding of it. At present, the development of digital economy has become the focus of all circles. Digital economy is a multilevel and complex concept, so this paper establishes a multi-index comprehensive evaluation system and uses AHP-entropy weight method to measure the development level of China’s digital economy and, on this basis, analyzes the development level, dynamic changes, and regional differences of China’s digital economy. The results show that China’s digital economy is on the rise, which is mainly driven by the construction of digital infrastructure and the application of digital technology. By region, there is a big gap between different regions in the development of digital economy, and this gap is expanding continuously. The digital economy in the eastern region is in a leading position, but only in the development of the digital industry.