基于我国30个省份的面板数据,样本时间跨度为2011—2020年,考察数字金融对能源强度的影响关系以及外商直接投资和经济增长在其中的作用。研究结果表明,数字金融降低了能源强度,且子维度中使用深度的降低程度最大;数字金融可以通过提高外商直接投资水平间接降低能源强度;经济增长强化了数字金融对能源强度的抑制作用;数字金融对能源强度的降低作用在东部地区优于中西地区。政策建议:继续发展数字金融,加强数字基础设施建设,完善数字金融相关法律体系;引进环境友好型和绿色创新型的外商直接投资;加快构建绿色低碳循环发展的经济体系,积极推进城市绿色发展;引导地区之间的优势转移,共同实现碳达峰碳中和。

Based on panel data from 30 provinces in China, the sample time span is from 2011 to 2020 to investigate the impact of digitalfinance on energy intensity and the role of foreign direct investment and economic growth. The results show that digital finance reducesenergy intensity and the depth of use in subdimensions decreases the most. Digital finance can indirectly reduce energy intensity byincreasing foreign direct investment levels. Economic growth reinforces the inhibitory effect of digital finance on energy intensity. The effect ofdigital finance on reducing energy intensity is better in the eastern regions than in the central and western regions. Policy recommendations:Continue to develop digital finance, strengthen the construction of digital infrastructure, and improve the legal system related to digitalfinance. Introduce environmentally-friendly and green innovative foreign direct investment. Accelerate the construction of a green and lowcarbon circular development economic system and actively promote urban green development. Guide the transfer of advantages betweenregions and jointly achieve carbon peak and carbon neutrality.