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Industrial Technology Progress

Diversified Technological Progress Paths and High-quality Indus⁃ trial Development 

—The Regulating Role of the International Environment 

Sun Yahui, Yan Haijuan, Peng Fei 

(School of Economics, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230601, China) 

Abstract: Industry is a crucial component of China's economy. However, recent years have  seen a deceleration in industrial growth. The unsustainable nature of extensive growth models ne⁃cessitates a shift towards innovation-driven transformation to achieve high-quality industrial de⁃ velopment. The crux of this transition lies in optimizing both independent innovation and tech⁃ nology introduction. Consequently, this paper first explores how to better utilize the respective  advantages of independent innovation and technology introduction to foster high-quality indus⁃ trial growth. Additionally ades and sanctions, , China is facing significant challenges related to technological block⁃ with core technologies being "bottlenecked" by developed countries, which  has heightened the uncertainty in cross-border knowledge transfer and reduced the quality of  technology introduction. So it is worth studying the role of the international environment in the  relationship between innovation and high-quality industrial development. Therefore, this paper  further explores the impact of endogenous and exogenous technological progress paths on highquality industrial development and examines the moderating effects of the international environ⁃ ment. This paper uses a provincial panel dataset from 2002 to 2019 for empirical analysis. The re⁃ sults indicate the following findings: firstly, independent innovation significantly promotes highquality industrial development, while the three pathways of technology introduction—direct tech⁃ nology purchase, foreign direct investment (FDI), and imports—do not show a direct positive im⁃ pact on high-quality industrial development. However, direct technology purchase exhibits a  positive synergistic effect with independent innovation. Secondly, the international environment  positively influences high-quality industrial development by enhancing the synergy between  technology introduction and independent innovation, with the strongest moderating effect on the  FDI pathway. Thirdly, further analysis reveals that the moderating effects of international rela⁃ tions with developed countries are stronger than those with developing countries, suggesting that  the international environment plays a role by influencing the level of imported technologies. Ad⁃ ditionally, this paper also finds that the improvements of local innovation quality significantly  contribute to high-quality industrial development. The above conclusions remain stable under a  variety of robustness tests, providing targeted recommendations for accelerating new industrial⁃ ization and establishing a modern industrial system in China This paper potentially contributes in three key areas: . firstly, it examines the economic ef⁃ fects of innovation pathway choices from the perspective of synergies between endogenous and  exogenous innovation, extending existing research on how innovation influences industrial trans⁃ formation. Secondly, it clarifies the heterogeneous impacts of three technology introduction path ways— ⁃ direct technology purchase, FDI, and imports—on high-quality industrial development. Unlike previous literature that mainly evaluates technology introduction through direct technol⁃ ogy purchases or FDI, this paper offers richer empirical evidence and decision-making refer⁃ ences for choosing technology introduction pathways. Thirdly, this paper pioneers the examina⁃ tion of the moderating effects of the international environment on exogenous technological prog⁃ ress, providing empirical evidence on how external macroeconomic environments influence do⁃ mestic industrial development. 

Key words: independent innovation; technology introduction; international environment; high-quality industrial development; "bottleneck" technologies