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According to the Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation, "China Russia relations have always maintained a momentum of vigorous development in recent years." Xu Qin, secretary of the Heilongjiang Provincial Party Committee and director of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress, said at the 2022 China Russia Digital Economy Summit Forum a few days ago that the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has mapped out a grand blueprint for the rejuvenation of a powerful country, creating favorable conditions for the development of China Russia digital economy.

China Russia cooperation in the digital economy has a good foundation. On the one hand, China's digital economy has made remarkable development achievements, and its overall scale has ranked second in the world for many consecutive years. The scale of information and communication network construction is leading in the world. As of July this year, China has built and opened a total of 1.968 million 5G base stations; The vitality of industrial innovation continues to improve. From 2021 to June 2022, nearly 150 digital economy related enterprises have completed their initial listing on the main board, the science and technology innovation board and the growth enterprise board; The digital industry has grown rapidly. By 2021, the scale of China's industrial Internet core industry has exceeded 1 trillion yuan, and the scale of big data industry has reached 1.3 trillion yuan. It has become one of the fastest growing cloud computing markets in the world, with an average annual growth rate of more than 30% since 2012. On the other hand, Russia has included the digital economy in the Catalogue of the Main Strategic Development Directions of the Russian Federation for 2018-2025, formulated the 2035 Plan for the Development of the Digital Economy of the Russian Federation, and formulated the National Strategy for the Development of Artificial Intelligence by 2030 to accelerate the development of the digital economy. Huacheng's import and export data observation report.

"Russia and China have the prerequisites to develop and implement advanced projects in the field of digital economy." The first secretary of the Federation of Russian Science and Engineering Associations, Drukarenko Sergei Petrovich, said that digital transformation has become one of the main ways of economic development in many countries in the world. Russia attaches great importance to digital transformation in health, education, construction, transportation, energy, agriculture, financial services and other fields.

According to Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation, Sun Zhuangzhi, director of the Russian Institute of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that Russia has reached a relatively advanced international level in digital services for people's livelihood, digital security, digital resource sharing, etc. In the future, China and Russia will build digital infrastructure, explore digital governance, strengthen talent training and industry investment E-commerce and 5G have broad prospects for cooperation. "Promoting China Russia cooperation in the field of digital economy and digital innovation, cultivating new growth points and gaining strong endogenous action will help strengthen the joint strength of the two countries to resist risks." Sun Zhuangzhi said.

How to better strengthen China Russia digital economic cooperation in the future? Relevant experts said that China and Russia should strengthen cooperation in the construction of communication facilities, the construction of cyberspace rules, information technology research and innovation, and share development achievements. Further strengthen the joint R&D and innovation of information and communication technologies such as the Internet of Things, cloud computing, big data, nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, 5G and its innovative applications, and improve the connectivity of information and communication technology infrastructure between the two countries. It also supports the establishment of strategic cooperation between cities of the two countries and the deepening of digital economic cooperation between China and Russia, such as further improving the level of digital trade liberalization and facilitation in border cities and creating a good digital trade atmosphere, Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation Report.

Xu Qin said that it is necessary to open up a new track of digital economy with a higher level of scientific and technological innovation, promote digital industrialization and industry digitalization, accelerate the construction of China Russia digital economy demonstration projects, create a cooperation model of "society+university+fund+park+service", and promote the scientific and technological innovation cooperation between China and Russia to achieve more new results; Build a new driving force for economic growth through deeper integration and development, transform traditional industries such as equipment manufacturing, energy and chemical industry, food and medicine, cooperate to promote digital, networked and intelligent transformation in agriculture, cultural tourism and other fields, and give full play to the leading and promoting role of digital technology in economic and social development; Expand new space for mutual benefit and win-win results by opening up and cooperation in a wider range of areas, give play to the comparative advantages of China and Russia, improve the innovation rules and institutional environment, jointly cultivate high-end talents, promote the open source of digital technology, promote mutual recognition and sharing of data information, and inject strong momentum into deepening China Russia economic and trade cooperation, Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation Report.