The Global Public Health Crisis Of Covid-19 Highlights The Importance Of Digital Technology. The Digital Economy Is Also Booming During The Pandemic, Which Has Become One Of The Major Driving Forces Of Economic Recovery. Given The Vital Importance Of Digital Technology And The Digital Economy, This Book Provides An In-Depth Understanding Of Their Implications For The Sustainable Development Of Asean-China Relations From Various Perspectives. In Addition, Authors Also Contribute Their Resourceful Insights On The Sustainable Development Of Both China And Asean Member States (Ams) Through The Lens Of Eco-Tourism, Carbon Neutrality, Social Inequality, And Others. This Book Provides A Series Of High-Quality Policy Recommendations. Specific Policy Recommendations Include: 1) China And Asean Should Launch A Project To Identify Connectivity Gaps And Detail How This Might Evolve In Future Investment In Digital And Ict (Science, Technology And Innovation). 2) Efforts Should Be Intensified In Digital Literacy Programs, Capacity Building, And Promotion Of Digital Skills To Build Workforce Capacity In The Digital Age. 3) As A Pacesetter In The Digital Inclusion Agenda In The Healthcare Sector, China Can Cooperate With Other Ams On Digital Healthcare Projects. 4) Action Plans Should Increase Collaborative Manufacturing And Develop Mutual Trust In Supply Chains. 5) China And Asean Should Align Sti Policies With Industrial Policies And Cooperate In Adopting Frontier Technologies While Diversifying Their Production Bases By Mastering Many Existing Technologies.6) Asean And China Should Continue Facilitating E-Commerce, Including Paperless Customs Clearance, Electronic Transaction Documents, Digital Authentication, And Electronic And Online Payments.
The 13 studies emerged from a research project on enhancing economic cooperation between China and the countries of Association of Southeastern Asian Nations (ASEAN). Just as the project was beginning, however, the COVID-19 pandemic engulfed the world, so many of the studies have incorporated lessons from the disease and responses to it into their analysis. The topics include fostering sustainable tourism in ASEAN and China: a case study in the Philippines, achieving Sustainable Development Goals by 2030: reducing the gap in inequality through ASEAN-China trade relations, coordinated regulation on China-ASEAN cross-border electronic commerce, offline and online perils of digital platforms with the development of electronic commerce in Laos, and Vietnam's perspective and policies toward promoting sustainable development of digital platforms. Annotation ©2022 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
