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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Asia &amp; Africa today</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Asia &amp; Africa today</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Азия и Африка сегодня</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">0321-5075</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2782-2389</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">The Russian Academy of Sciences</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">697978</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.7868/S2782238925120046</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Politics, economics</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Политика, экономика</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Cooperation of Russia and China in Digital Economy: Opportunities and Limitations</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Сотрудничество России и Китая в цифровой экономике: возможности и ограничения</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9199-6226</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Izotov</surname><given-names>D. A</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Изотов</surname><given-names>Д. А</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>izotov@ecrin.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Economic Research Institute, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Институт экономических исследований ДВО РАН</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2025-12-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><issue>12</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">NO12 (2025)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">№12 (2025)</issue-title><fpage>35</fpage><lpage>44</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-12-07"><day>07</day><month>12</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2025, Russian Academy of Sciences</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2025, Российская академия наук</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Russian Academy of Sciences</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Российская академия наук</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" start_date="2026-12-15"/></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://jdigitaldiagnostics.com/0321-5075/article/view/697978">https://jdigitaldiagnostics.com/0321-5075/article/view/697978</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Opportunities for cooperation between Russia and China in the digital economy are proposed: high levels of digital economy development in the two countries; rapprochement of the Russian and Chinese economies in the face of barriers from Western countries; the need to re-equip Russian mobile networks based on Chinese components; promising participation of Russia in the framework of China’s Belt and Road Initiative; implementation of joint digital technologies in some sectors of the economy. The limitations of Russian-Chinese cooperation in the digital economy in the current conditions were identified: risks of secondary sanctions and security; lack of an integration agreement; uneven development of the digital economy in neighboring regions of the two countries; insignificant presence of Russia in global production chains and Russia’s small market. It is shown that by reducing barriers, the two countries can expand economic interactions, and cooperation in the digital economy can help this.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Выявлены возможности для сотрудничества России и Китая в цифровой экономике: высокие уровни развития цифровой экономики двух стран; сближение российской и китайской экономики в условиях барьеров западных стран; необходимость переоснащения российских мобильных сетей на основе китайских компонентов; перспективное участие России в рамках инициативы КНР «Один пояс – один путь»; внедрение совместных цифровых технологий в ряде отраслей экономики. Определены ограничения российско-китайского сотрудничества в цифровой экономике в текущих условиях: риски вторичных санкций и безопасности; отсутствие интеграционного соглашения; неравномерное развитие цифровой экономики в соседних регионах двух стран; незначительное присутствие России в глобальных производственных цепочках и ее небольшой рынок. Показано, что в случае снижения барьеров две страны могут расширить экономические взаимодействия, а сотрудничество в цифровой экономике может этому способствовать.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Russia</kwd><kwd>China</kwd><kwd>digital economy</kwd><kwd>digitalization</kwd><kwd>information and communication technologies</kwd><kwd>artificial intelligence</kwd><kwd>trade interactions</kwd><kwd>goods</kwd><kwd>services</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Россия</kwd><kwd>Китай</kwd><kwd>цифровая экономика</kwd><kwd>цифровизация</kwd><kwd>информационно-коммуникационные технологии</kwd><kwd>искусственный интеллект</kwd><kwd>торговые взаимодействия</kwd><kwd>товары</kwd><kwd>услуги</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Абашкин В.Л., Абдрахманова Г.И., Вишневский К.О., Гохберг Л.М. и др. Индикаторы цифровой экономики: 2025: статистический сборник. М.: ИСИЭЗ ВШЭ, 2025. 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