China and the Middle East to Jointly Build a Digital "Belt and Road": Opportunities, Challenges and Suggestions
Abstract
Middle East countries have huge potential and broad prospects for the development of the digital economy. China and Middle East countries have a good foundation for cooperation. The joint construction of the digital "Belt and Road" by China and Middle East countries is an innovative measure to promote the "Belt and Road" construction in the Middle East, and it is also an important starting point for building a community of shared future. This article mainly discusses the opportunities for China and the Middle East countries to jointly establish the Digital Belt and Road Initiative, analyzes the challenges, and puts forward corresponding suggestions based on these challenges.
References
Lin, KJ., Lu, X., Zhang, J., & Zheng, Y. 2020. State-owned enterprises in China: A review of 40 years of research and practice. China Journal of Accounting Research, 13(1): 31–55.
MOFCOM. 2020. 2020 Statistical Bulletin of China's Outward Direct Investment. Beijing: Ministry of Commerce.
Nedopil, C. 2021. Countries of the Belt and Road Initiative, Vol. 2021. Beijing: IIGF Green BRI Center.
Pantucci, R., & Lain, S. 2017. China’s grand strategy: The Belt and Road Initiative. Whitehall Papers, 88: 7–16.
Zhao, J., & Lee, J. 2020. The Belt and Road Initiative, Asian infrastructure investment bank, and the role of enterprise heterogeneity in China’s outward foreign direct investment. Post-Communist Economies: 1–23.
Copyright (c) 2022 Cong Wang
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Authors contributing to the journal agree to publish their articles under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License, allowing third parties to share their work (copy, distribute, transmit) and to adapt it, under the condition that the authors are given credit, that the work is not used for commercial purposes, and that in the event of reuse or distribution, the terms of this license are made clear.
