Analysis of the Impact of Digital Technologies on Chinese Economic Growth

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the impact of digital technologies on the Chinese economic growth from 2013 to 2018. The research takes into account five digital technologies namely cloud computing, artificial intelligence, robotics, big data and the internet of things. In order to evaluate the role of each of the five digital technologies on china economy, we run a linear regression model of each of them with the country GDP. the results reveal that despite difference in their level of significance, Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Internet of Things and Big Data have a positive significant impact on the country GDP.

Keywords: Digital technologies, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, robotics, big data, internet of things, Chinese economic growth.

DOI: 10.7176/JESD/10-8-15

Publication date: April 30^th 2019