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efficiency of public resources for poverty alleviation and public welfare.
As far as academic research is concerned, the manifestation of digital poverty is more
complicated than imagined. The structural causes of digital poverty are more diversified. The
current digital anti-poverty environment is constantly changing. Various digital anti-poverty
policies and programs are also emerging in an endless stream. Relevant academic research in
the future should pay more attention to the emerging phenomenon of digital poverty. Further
explorations should focus on the impacts of new independent variables out of economic variables,
cultural capital, social capital, and political capital. We should pay attention to the latest best
practices in digital anti-poverty area both at home and abroad, scientifically assess the effectiveness
and impact of the existing policies and programs on digital poverty, contribute knowledge and
strength to bring the level of digital inequality across society to a reasonable and manageable level.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to the selfless help from professionals, friends and students in seven-stages field studies
in 6 provinces and municipalities in Gansu, Hunan, Tianjin, Anhui, Guizhou and Chongqing. I am
grateful to the 377 rural residents interviewed for their digitized well-being, which is my biggest
motivation for continuing to focus on digital poverty.

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