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This paper measures the comprehensive level of the digital economy and balanced and sufficient development, by using Chinese provincial panel data from 2013 to 2021, and uses the panel fixed effect model, mediation effect model, and spatial econometric model to examine the digital economy\u2019s effect on balanced and sufficient development as well as the digital economy\u2019s mechanism. The results show that the digital economy has significantly promoted balanced and sufficient development, though there are obvious regional heterogeneity and spatial spillover effects, and the relevant conclusions are still valid after an endogenous treatment and a robustness test. 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