[Explanation] 2021 China-ASEAN Digital Economy Development and Cooperation Forum opened in Wuhan on July 16.
Heads of digital economy authorities of ASEAN countries, officials from ASEAN embassies and consulates in China, experts and scholars in the field of China's digital economy, and representatives of leading enterprises in the industry discussed the development direction and prospects of cooperation between China and ASEAN in the field of digital economy.
[Explanation] Xu Kemin, chief economist of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said at the opening ceremony that the digital economy has become a key driving force for the global economic recovery under the epidemic, and it is also an important direction for the future development of the Asia-Pacific region and the world.
Xu Kemin believes that China and ASEAN are highly complementary in the field of digital economy, with fruitful cooperation results and great development potential.
In the future, the two parties can strengthen cooperation in areas such as advancing the construction of digital infrastructure, expanding investment in the digital economy, deepening digital anti-epidemic and epidemic prevention, and promoting digital skills training.
[Concurrent] Xu Kemin, Chief Economist, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
This year we will jointly formulate an action plan with ASEAN on the implementation of the China-ASEAN Digital Economy Partnership, 2021 to 2025, which will lead China and ASEAN’s digital economy cooperation in the next five years. The cooperation between the two parties in the digital economy will further build A close China-ASEAN community with a shared future will build a higher level of China-ASEAN strategic partnership and inject strong impetus.
[Explanation] Chen Dehai, secretary general of the China-ASEAN Center, said that 2021 will be 30 years since China-ASEAN has established dialogue relations.
In 2020, despite the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the bilateral trade volume between China and ASEAN has grown against the trend, achieving a historic breakthrough in becoming each other's largest trading partners.
[Concurrent] Chen Dehai, Secretary General of China-ASEAN Center
The current digital economy has become a leading industry in a new round of technology and industrial revolution. China and ASEAN have a solid foundation for digital economy cooperation, each with their own advantages, to promote China-ASEAN's new round of technology and industry around smart cities, artificial intelligence, big data, etc. Cooperation at the commanding heights is conducive to the restoration of economic and social development of countries in the region, and adds new momentum to the high-quality development of the “Belt and Road” initiative.
[Explanation] This forum is co-sponsored by the International Economic and Technical Cooperation Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China, the China-ASEAN Center, and the Wuhan Municipal Government. With the theme of "sharing new digital opportunities, discussing and cooperating for a new future", it focuses on digital economy infrastructure , Artificial intelligence, cross-border e-commerce, industrial cooperation and other fields.
[Explanation] It is reported that this forum brings together the advantages of China and ASEAN countries in the field of government, industry, university, research and application in the digital economy. Wuhan, the host city of the forum, as a key city for China's development of digital economy, has launched an action to deepen China-ASEAN digital economy cooperation based on its own advantages The plan is to strive to create a "Wuhan Model" for ASEAN's digital economic cooperation.
Reporter Zou Hao reports from Wuhan, Hubei
Editor in charge: [Ji Xiang]