澜湄数字丝绸之路:建设动力与前景分析

The Lancang-Mekong Digital Silk Road:Motivation and Prospects

澜湄数字丝绸之路是澜湄国家建设"一带一路"数字化互联互通的重要方式。近年来澜湄数字丝绸之路的建设取得了积极进展,流域各国战略合作规划不断深入,数字基础设施建设不断深入,澜湄跨境电子商务发展良好。澜湄数字丝绸之路的合作动力巨大,体现在新冠疫情客观上要求数字经济发展,地区主要合作机制包含促进数字经济发展的积极因素,澜湄数字经济发展存在互补性。同时,澜湄数字丝绸之路在发展中仍然面临一些挑战,如湄公河国家数字鸿沟仍需弥补,澜湄国家的数字化合作对接仍需加强,域外大国的参与带来了负面影响。中国同湄公河国家应积极面对合作中的挑战,以澜湄合作机制为平台,在推动发展战略对接、多层合作、人才发展、应对域外大国影响等方面开展探索,积极合作推动数字丝绸之路建设和人类命运共同体的实践。

The Lancang-Mekong digital silk road,as the key component of the Belt and Road Initiative,is the important path for China and Mekong countries to promote digital connectivity.In recent years,the construction of the Lancang-Mekong digital silk road has made positive progresses.For instance,the strategic cooperation planning of the Lancang-Mekong river basin countries has been dee-pened;the construction of digital infrastructure has been further developed;and the Lancang-Mekong cross-border e-commerce has developed well.The cooperation motivation of the Lancang-Mekong digital silk road includes,the COVID-19 objectively requires the development of digital economy;the main regional cooperation mechanisms contain positive factors;and the development of the Lan-cang-Mekong digital economy is complementary.Moreover,there are also some challenging factors.The digital divide in the Mekong countries still needs to be bridged;the Lancang-Mekong countries need to strengthen the connection of digital cooperation;and the participation of foreign powers has also brought negative effects.Finally,China and the Mekong countries should actively face the chal-lenges;and they should take the Lancang-Mekong cooperation mechanism as the platform,actively promoting the development strategic docking,multi-level cooperation,talent development as well as coping with the influence of foreign powers,so as to actively promote the construction of the digital silk road and the practice of a community with a shared future for mankind.