Digital Economy Gives the World a “China Model”

It is understood that Australia, France and other countries have proposed to introduce China’s digital government technology. In this regard, China is undoubtedly at the forefront of the world.

据了解,澳大利亚、法国等国家都曾提出希望引进中国的数字政务技术,在这方面,中国无疑走在世界前列。

Lu Zehua, Digital Economy Gives the World a ‘China Model (数字经济 为世界提供中国样板), People’s Daily Overseas Edition, November 29, 2017, Page 3.

Executive Summary

A November 2017 People’s Daily Overseas Edition article presents China’s digital economy as a growth engine at home and a “China model” for the world. It connects that development with the national ambitions of Cyber Great Power, Digital China, and Smart Society. This short snapshot captures an early narrative linking domestic digital transformation with international influence: China’s experience is offered as an example others might follow.

A Domestic Growth Engine with International Ambitions

The cartoon makes the argument visually: the digital economy is steering China’s wider economy forward. The accompanying article, published in People’s Daily Overseas Edition on November 29, 2017, gives that domestic story an international dimension by presenting China’s experience as a model of digital economy development.

The article also places innovation alongside the construction of Cyber Great Power, Digital China, and Smart Society. Read together, these references connect economic change with a larger national digital agenda.

For this website, the significance lies in that connection. The article explicitly offers a digital economy model; I read this as an early expression of the broader ambition to demonstrate China’s approach to digital transformation internationally. The selected passages below capture that emerging narrative.

Presenting China’s Digital Experience to the World

Author’s Note: Selected excerpts from the People’s Daily Overseas Edition article “Digital Economy Gives the World a China Model” follows:

At the same time, the 19th Party Congress report … proposed to accelerate the construction of an innovative country, and to provide strong support for the construction of Cyber Great Power, Digital China, and Smart Society …

同时,十九大报告 … 提出,加快建设创新型国家,为建设网络强国、数字中国、智慧社会等提供有力支撑 …

Today, the digital economy has become a new highlight and new engine of China’s economic development, and it has also attracted worldwide attention, providing the world with a “China model” for the development of a digital economy …

如今,数字经济已经成为中国经济发展的新亮点、新引擎,同时也引发世界瞩目,为世界提供了数字经济发展的“中国样板” …

It is understood that Australia, France and other countries have proposed to introduce China’s digital government technology. In this regard, China is undoubtedly at the forefront of the world.

据了解,澳大利亚、法国等国家都曾提出希望引进中国的数字政务技术,在这方面,中国无疑走在世界前列

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