Building a China ASEAN Information Port and Building a Digital Silk Road.
As a new engine of global economic development, the digital economy has become an important driving force in reshaping the world economic landscape. The construction of the China ASEAN Information Port and the "Digital Silk Road" play a key supporting role in promoting the deep integration of the digital economy and the "the Belt and Road" initiative to jointly build a country and jointly build the "the Belt and Road" with high quality.
China and ASEAN are connected by mountains and rivers, and have close blood ties. In the first half of this year, Guangxi's foreign trade imports and exports increased by 43.2% year-on-year, and imports and exports with ASEAN increased by 92.6% year-on-year. ASEAN has become Guangxi's largest trading partner for 23 consecutive years. The China ASEAN Information Port, jointly built by China and ASEAN countries, serves as an open gathering area for the digital economy, an international communication channel, and a regional international big data resource application service hub, effectively promoting the construction process of the Digital Silk Road. For example, the already put into use "China ASEAN Commerce and Trade Connect" digital platform has achieved daily trading and customs clearance among border residents, which is helping Guangxi form a China ASEAN characteristic commodity e-commerce trading hub, a China ASEAN cross-border financial settlement hub, and a China ASEAN cross-border logistics international hub; A cross-border and cross regional IoT intelligent public service platform based on eSIM and 4G/5G new generation communication technology, providing "cloud command" for domestic and ASEAN countries in smart cities and big data; The China ASEAN Remote Medical Center, led by Chinese medical institutions, provides remote consultations for patients in countries such as Indonesia, providing better medical resources and services for the people of ASEAN countries.
The 20th China ASEAN Expo has come to an end today, but the pace of bilateral and multilateral cooperation and exchanges between China and ASEAN countries will not stop. We should adhere to the principle of mutual consultation, construction and sharing, adhere to the spirit of peace and opening up, mutual benefit and win-win, mutual learning and mutual learning, continue to work together with relevant countries to build a "China ASEAN Information Port", carry out in-depth cooperation in smart cities, big data and other fields, create a "digital silk road" that benefits all parties, so that digital economy and technology can better enable the high-quality development of the "the Belt and Road", and ultimately achieve equality, mutual benefit, win-win and coordinated development between countries and regions.
Special expert for this issue: Luo Shengrong Institute of International Relations and Center for Peripheral Diplomacy at Yunnan University
