Digital Economy Development in a less developed coastal city: a Case study in Shanwei, Guangdong, China

The data introducing the overview of the digital sector expansion in Shanwei City in 2022-2024 comes from the Shanwei Daily and the Shanwei Municipal Government Work Report. The data to assess the digital industry maturity originates from the China City Statistical Yearbook. The data used to gauge attention to the digital economy is obtained from the Baidu Search Index. The data assessing the extent of the digital industry innovation and entrepreneurship is sourced from enterprise big data compiled by the Peking University Enterprise Big Data Research Center.