This study establishes an evaluation index system of farmers’ participation in digital village practice,which include four dimensions:the usage of rural digital infrastructure,the participation in rural digital economy,digital life and digital governance.Using micro-survey data from 1129 rural household in nine counties from the national pilot and non-pilot areas of Sichuan province,Chongqing municipal city and Ningxia Hui autonomous region,this paper measures the overall dimension and sub-dimension level of farmers’ participation in digital village practice and explores the main characteristics at the present stage and its internal and external driving factors.The results show that the overall dimension and sub-dimension level of farmers’ participation in digital village practice are generally low with highest participation in rural digital infrastructure followed successively by digital life,digital economy,and digital governance.The difference of farmers’ participation in digital village practice between pilot and non-pilot areas mainly lies in the participation level of rural digital governance.The participation level of farmers in digital village from underdeveloped and relatively poor areas are relatively low.It is further found that internal factors such as gender,age,education level,health status,whether or not they are new agricultural operators,and external factors such as digital training,the presence of village cadres among family members and relatives,rural information cooperatives,and WeChat official platform in the village all have different significant impact on the overall participation level of digital village and the level of each dimension.Hence,in order to accelerate the digital transformation and revitalization of villages,some policies are proposed including promoting the construction of digital village in various fields,paying attention to regional balanced development and designing differentiated support strategies for different farmers.