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Analyzing how new quality productive forces empower high-quality trade development and its mechanisms is significant. Drawing from the theoretical framework of new quality productive forces and the principles of high-quality foreign trade development, this study uses panel data from 30 Chinese provinces (2011\u20132021) to construct entropy-based indices for new quality productive forces and the high-quality development of foreign trade. A System GMM dynamic panel model is applied to examine their relationship and underlying mechanisms. The empirical results indicate that new quality productive forces significantly promote the high-quality development of foreign trade. Furthermore, their positive impact is more pronounced in eastern regions, provinces implementing the Belt and Road Initiative, and areas with lower resource endowments. Mechanism analysis further reveals that new quality productive forces enhance the high-quality development of foreign trade by optimizing factor matching, deepening industrial division, and intensifying market competition. This study contributes to the literature on the economic effects of new quality productive forces and provides theoretical insights and practical implications for promoting the high-quality development of foreign trade across regions.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/systems13050367","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,5,9]],"date-time":"2025-05-09T08:20:23Z","timestamp":1746778823000},"page":"367","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["The Impact of New Quality Productive Forces on the High-Quality Development of China\u2019s Foreign Trade"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0007-8926-9629","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yuan","family":"Liu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Economics and Finance, Xi\u2019an Jiaotong University, Xi\u2019an 710061, China"}]},{"given":"Dingyun","family":"Duan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Economics and Finance, Xi\u2019an Jiaotong University, Xi\u2019an 710061, China"}]},{"given":"Zongxian","family":"Feng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Economics and Finance, Xi\u2019an Jiaotong University, Xi\u2019an 710061, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,5,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"30","article-title":"Whether Economic Policy Uncertainty Reduces Global Technology Spillover:A Comparative Analysis Based on Trade in Goods and Services","volume":"38","author":"Chen","year":"2021","journal-title":"Stat. 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