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DOI: https://doi.org/10.31497/zrzyxb.20260805

Urban-rural Integration and Common Prosperity Driven by the "Two Mountains" Theory

The impact mechanism and policy implications of artificial intelligence technology application on the efficiency of ecological product value conversion

  • LIU Ke-qin , 1 ,
  • XU Wei-xiang 2, 3 ,
  • ZHOU Jian-ping , 2, 3 ,
  • TAN Zhong-sheng 2, 3 ,
  • LAN Ju-ping 1
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  • 1 China (Lishui) Liangshan College, Lishui College, Lishui 323000, Zhejiang, China
  • 2 School of Economics, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310023, China
  • 3 Institute for Industrial System Modernization, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310023, China

Received date: 2025-09-22

  Revised date: 2025-12-17

  Online published: 2026-06-17

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The empowerment of ecological civilization construction by artificial intelligence has emerged as a pivotal pathway for advancing regional sustainable development. Drawing on the policies of Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Development Pilot Zones, this study employs the difference-in-differences method and utilizes panel data of 282 prefecture-level and above cities spanning the period from 2011 to 2023 to empirically investigate the mechanism through which artificial intelligence technology application influences the value transformation efficiency of ecological products. The key findings are summarized as follows: (1) The application of artificial intelligence technology exerts a significantly positive impact on the regional value transformation efficiency of ecological products, which is primarily mediated by strengthening public environmental attention, facilitating green technological innovation, enhancing ecological governance capacity, and driving industrial upgrading. (2) Heterogeneity analysis reveals the "compensation effect" of artificial intelligence application, namely, the promotional effect of artificial intelligence technology application is more pronounced in cities with relatively poor ecological environments. (3) In comparison with artificial intelligence innovation-driven development, the industrialization of artificial intelligence exerts a more significant facilitating effect on the value transformation efficiency, indicating that the commercial application of technology constitutes a critical link in realizing the effective transformation of ecological value.

Key words： application of artificial intelligence technology; ecological product value transformation; green innovation; ecological governance; industrial upgrading

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LIU Ke-qin , XU Wei-xiang , ZHOU Jian-ping , TAN Zhong-sheng , LAN Ju-ping . The impact mechanism and policy implications of artificial intelligence technology application on the efficiency of ecological product value conversion[J]. JOURNAL OF NATURAL RESOURCES, 2026 , 41(8) : 2363 -2379 . DOI: 10.31497/zrzyxb.20260805

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