| Number | Potential indicators | symbol | Measurable indicators | symbol | Data sources |
| 1 | Digital economy dynamics ξ1 | Drivers. 1 | Proportion of rural broadband access users/urban broadband access users X1 | Share of broadband | China Statistical Yearbook |
| 2 | Number of Internet broadband access ports X2 | ports | China Statistical Yearbook | ||
| 3 | Number of technology contracts X3 | contracts | China Torch Statistical Yearbook | ||
| 4 | Number of domestic patent applications X4 | Patents | China Science and Technology Statistical Yearbook | ||
| 5 | Research and experimental development (R & D) funding intensity X5 | Funding | China Science and Technology Statistical Yearbook | ||
| 6 | Number of high-tech industrial enterprisesX6 | high-tech | China Statistics Yearbook on High Technology Industry | ||
| 7 | Digital economy damping ξ2 | Damping. 1 | Rural poverty X7 | Poverty | China Rural Poverty Monitoring Report |
| 8 | Proportion of illiterate and semi-illiterate people aged 15 X8 | Illiterate | China Statistical Yearbook | ||
| 9 | Theil index X9 | Theil | calculate |