新质生产力不仅代表经济增长的内在动力，而且是推动经济转型升级的关键。基于2012—2022年中国30个省（区、市）面板数据，以劳动者、劳动资料、劳动对象3个维度构建区域新质生产力评价指标体系，实证检验国家级大数据综合试验区（简称“大数据试验区”）对区域新质生产力的影响。结果发现，大数据试验区能够显著提升区域新质生产力水平。从不同区域地理位置、产业结构、科技水平以及金融环境看，大数据试验区对区域新质生产力的提升效应在中东部地区、产业结构较好地区、高科技水平地区以及金融环境发展较好地区更为显著。结论既可为评估中国政府前沿数字基础设施建设政策实施效果提供经验证据，也可为提升区域新质生产力指明方向。

With the continuous advancement of globalization and the deepening of technological revolution, the economic development model is undergoing profound changes. On the path of progress,traditional industries are witnessing a gradual decline in their erstwhile vigor. In sharp contrast, innovations in technology, novel business paradigms, and pioneering models are emerging with the vigor of bamboo shoots after a spring rain, growing at a truly remarkable pace. This new trend undoubtedly poses more stringent requirements for the adjustment and optimization of economic structure and the transformation of development mode. In this contemporary epoch, new-quality productivity acts as a catalyst for diverse regions to actively forge innovative trajectories. It encourages the full exploitation of burgeoning technologies and models, bolsters industrial competitiveness, and thereby catalyzes China's economy to progress steadily towards a new epoch of high-quality development. This, in turn, perpetuates a steady influx of impetus into the nation's sustainable development endeavors.
Under the new normal of the current global economy, big data and information technology are developing rapidly and are gradually changing the forms of traditional industries and economic development models. The national big data comprehensive pilot zone (referred to as the "big data pilot zone") plays an important role. It is not only the forefront of technological innovation but also an important support for promoting new industrialization, informatization, urbanization, and agricultural modernization. Current literature predominantly focuses on the impact of big data pilot zones on regional economic growth, green development, enterprise total factor productivity, technological innovation, and the digital transformation of enterprises, yielding largely positive outcomes. However, the influence of these zones on regional new-quality productivity has been less explored. In reality, big data pilot zones invigorate regional economies and revitalize traditional industries by seamlessly integrating extensive data resources and fostering innovative applications. Concurrently, they nurture and enhance the development of new quality productive forces, which is not only catalysts for economic growth but also a crucial lever for economic transformation and upgrading, offering robust support for sustainable economic development.
New quality productive forces embody the internal momentum for growth and is instrumental in driving economic transformation and upgrading. Using panel data from 30 Chinese provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities from 2012 to 2022, this study constructs an evaluation index system of regional new quality productive forces across three dimensions: laborers, means of labor, and objects of labor. It then empirically examines the impact of national big data comprehensive pilot zones on regional new-quality productivity.The results show that the big data pilot zone can significantly improve the level of regional new-quality productivity. From the differences in regional geographical location, industrial structure, scientific and technological level, and financial environment, the improvement effect of regional new-quality productivity brought by the big data pilot zone is more obvious in the central and eastern regions, regions with good industrial structures, high-tech regions, and regions with well-developed financial environments.
The significance of data elements is increasingly being recognized with the vigorous development of the Internet and big data technology. The findings offer provide a solid empirical basis for understanding the effectiveness of China's frontier digital infrastructure construction policies. The study concludes that the establishment of big data pilot zones actively stimulates economic growth and illuminates a clear path for enhancing regional new quality productive forces. In future economic development, it is imperative for governmental bodies to prioritize the optimization of big data pilot zones' potential. This should be achieved by fostering the transformation of traditional regional economic drivers and by nurturing new quality productive forces through the strategic integration of big data resources and the advancement of innovative applications. By effectively bolstering regional new quality productive forces, China can steer its economy towards a trajectory of higher-quality development, thereby establishing a robust foundation for the nation's enduring prosperity and strength.