Construction and empirical research on the evaluation index system of China's integrated data market development
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: To assess the development status and regional disparities of China's integrated data market, this study focuses on the core characteristics of "integration" and constructs an evaluation index system based on the "Five Unifications and One Opening" policy framework. The system encompasses five dimensions: unified market foundational institutions, unified physical infrastructure, unified government regulation and governance, unified factor resource market, and continuous expansion of opening-up to the outside world. Using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) for weighting, an empirical measurement is conducted on the development level of integrated data markets in 18 representative cities across nine major strategic regions, including Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, in 2025. The results show that the market is in the initial transition stage from "administrative-driven" to "market-driven". It presents a three-layer structural characteristic of "leading market foundational institutions, insufficient endogenous market momentum, and differentiated layout of opening-up". Spatially, it exhibits a pattern of "high in the east, low in the west; fast in the south, slow in the north" with Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen forming the core leading poles, and several major urban agglomerations developing a synergistic "multi-polar heterogeneous and complementary advantages" model. Based on these findings, policy recommendations are proposed to promote the systematic transformation of the data market from aspects such as scenario-based pricing, categorized policy implementation, and institutionalization of rules and technologies.
Authors: Gao Ming, Zhang Jin, Ye Yazhen
Language: Chinese
Topic: Big Data and Digital Economy
Subfield: Information Systems
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7163961955