
However, few studies evaluated the role of digital economy on the economic growth of countries along the “Belt and Road” and the impact of COVID-19 on their digital industries. The digital economy is considered as an effective measure to mitigate the negative economic impact of the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic. 5School of Mathematics and Physics, Faculty of Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.4Beijing Shenzhou Chiji Fund Management Co., Ltd., Beijing, China.3Department of International Business, Business College, Beijing Union University, Beijing, China.2Department of International Trade, School of Economics and Management, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.1Department of Agricultural and Forestry Economics and Management, School of Economics and Management, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.Jinzhu Zhang 1 Wenqi Zhao 2 Baodong Cheng 2 * Aixin Li 3 Yanzhuo Wang 3 Ning Yang 4,5 Yuan Tian 3 *
