Using the panel data of prefecture-level cities in Guangdong Province from 2011 to 2021, this paper investigates the impact of new digital infrastructure on the integration of two industries and its possible spatial spillover effect, and further examines the heterogeneity of different regions and different ways of industrial integration. The results show that: (1) the new digital infrastructure has an obvious promoting effect on the integration of the two industries, and promotes the integration of the two industries by attracting the inflow of labor force. (2) The integration effect of the new digital infrastructure has the heterogeneity of the integration mode. Compared with the coupling degree of the two industries, the new digital infrastructure has a greater impact on the coordination degree of the two industries. (3) The new digital infrastructure has a spatial spillover effect on the development of the integration of the two industries, and the direct regional effect is larger than the spatial spillover effect. This study is helpful to clarify the relationship between the new digital infrastructure and the integration of the two industries, and provide corresponding policy suggestions for promoting the balanced development of the integration of the two industries in Guangdong Province.

Xie Changqing, Zhao Xinyue, Chen Jiajia. Industrial Intelligent Infrastructure, Labor Inflow and Integration of the Two Industries—Based on the Empirical Analysis of Guangdong. Academic Journal of Business & Management (2024) Vol. 6, Issue 4: 118-124. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJBM.2024.060419.

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