Digital Economy Cooperation between China and ASEAN: Motivations, Current Status, and Challenges

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10.2991/978-94-6463-918-6_51How to use a DOI?

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China-ASEAN relations; digital economy; regional cooperation

Abstract

In recent years, major global actors have successively launched bilateral and multilateral digital economy cooperation initiatives. As representatives of emerging and developed digital economies, respectively, ASEAN and China’s digital economic cooperation has attracted widespread attention. China-ASEAN digital economic cooperation is a natural outcome of bilateral relations and a necessary choice for digital economic development in both regions. China and ASEAN countries have significant complementarities in digital economic cooperation. Based on mutual benefit and win-win cooperation, China-ASEAN digital economic cooperation can promote economic growth and achieve a win-win situation. Moreover, China-ASEAN digital economic cooperation is conducive to maintaining a digital strategic balance in the Southeast Asian region. China-ASEAN digital economic cooperation has achieved significant results in various fields such as policy planning, digital investment, digital infrastructure construction, digital technology application, and digital talent cooperation. However, factors such as the constraints of ASEAN’s internal mechanisms, the impact of geopolitical competition, and the need to improve both sides’ digital governance capabilities have hindered the further development of China-ASEAN digital economic cooperation.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ji Liang
AU  - Ibrahim Kholilul Rohman
AU  - Solikhah Yuliatiningtyas
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/12/16
TI  - Digital Economy Cooperation between China and ASEAN: Motivations, Current Status, and Challenges
BT  - Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Strategic and Global Studies 2025 ((ICSGS 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 843
EP  - 862
SN  - 2667-128X
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-918-6_51
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-918-6_51
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