Governments and enterprises worldwide are paying attention to digital transformation and the convergence of industry and education due to the rapid advancement of technology. The digital transformation of the government is conducive to the industry-education, integration, but the specific mechanisms and modes of influence need further investigation. This paper adopts a novel perspective, introducing cooperation willingness and the frequency of industry-university interaction as two mediating variables to form a chained mediation model, analyzing the impact of digital transformation on industry-education integration and its underlying mechanisms. Through policy guidance, technological support, and resource integration, government digital transformation can increase the willingness to cooperate and frequency of interaction between academia and industry, as revealed by the research. This plays a significant facilitating role in the implementation of industry-education integration. Enhancing the quality of higher education, encouraging industrial upgrading, and fostering high-quality talent has a significant impact from this.