算力基础设施对共同富裕的影响研究

Computational infrastructure, artificial intelligence, and common prosperity

摘要:

算力基础设施能够为全体人民共享数字时代繁荣成果筑牢根基，是扎实推动共同富裕的关键支撑。基于我国2012—2024年254个地级及以上城市面板数据为研究对象，细致剖析算力基础设施建设对共同富裕的影响效应及作用渠道。研究发现，算力基础设施建设对共同富裕具有显著正向推动作用；中介效应检验结果表明，算力基础设施建设可通过推动人工智能发展显著促进共同富裕；异质性检验结果显示，算力基础设施建设对共同富裕的赋能效应存在“东部﹥中部﹥西部地区”“东南部地区﹥西北部地区”“高数字经济水平﹥低数字经济水平”的差异特征；门槛检验结果证明，算力基础设施建设对共同富裕的影响存在显著双门槛效应，且呈现逐步递增的非线性特征。基于上述结论，提出加速建设全国一体化算力网络、推动人工智能关键核心技术创新应用、结合区域资源禀赋建设特色算力中心的建议，以期为推动共同富裕取得实质性进展提供有益借鉴。

Abstract:

Computing power infrastructure can establish a robust foundation for enabling all individuals to partake in the prosperity of the digital era and serves as a pivotal support for solidly advancing common prosperity. Utilizing panel data from 254 cities at or above the prefecture level in China spanning from 2012 to 2024, this study meticulously examines the impact and mechanisms through which computing power infrastructure construction influences common prosperity. The findings reveal that the construction of computing power infrastructure significantly and positively contributes to the promotion of common prosperity. The results of the mediating effect test indicate that computing power infrastructure construction can substantially foster common prosperity by driving the development of artificial intelligence. The heterogeneity test results demonstrate that the empowering effect of computing power infrastructure construction on common prosperity exhibits distinct characteristics, namely "Eastern region > Central region > Western region," "Southeastern region > Northwestern region," and "High digital economy level > Low digital economy level." The threshold test results confirm that the impact of computing power infrastructure construction on common prosperity displays a notable double-threshold effect, characterized by a progressively increasing nonlinear pattern. Based on these conclusions, this paper proposes recommendations to expedite the construction of a nationwide integrated computing power network, promote the innovative application of key core technologies in artificial intelligence, and establish distinctive computing power centers tailored to regional resource endowments, with the aim of providing valuable insights for fostering substantive progress in common prosperity.