Abstract: 【Purpose/significance】This study aims to explore the components of provincial-level digital government construction in China and analyze the interrelationships among these components, identifying the core areas of focus for provincial governments during the digital transformation process.【Method/process】The study selects 27 policy documents related to digital government construction issued by some provincial governments in China. Using content analysis method and NVivo14 software, the policy text data are system⁃ atically classified and coded to identify the components of provincial digital government construction in China. Grey relational analysis is then employed to calculate and analyze the degree of association among the components.【Result/conclusion】The study finds that the components of digital government construction in China, in order of importance, are talent cultivation, infrastructure, public ser⁃ vices, resource integration, digital industry, legal protection, organizational mechanisms. The degree of association values among these components are all greater than 0.5, indicating moderate to strong relationships. Based on these findings, the study suggests that digita⁃ lization of public services should complement legal protection; innovation-driven development should go hand in hand with mecha⁃ nism reforms; and talent cultivation should advance in tandem with infrastructure construction as effective pathways to promote digital government construction in China.【Innovation/limitation】This study combines qualitative and quantitative methods to extract the components of digital government construction in China and analyze the relationships between these components, providing a refer⁃ ence for the digital government construction practices in various provinces.