China-Africa Economic and Trade Cooperation in the Context of the Digital Silk Road Abstract

Abstract

Economic globalization and information technology have led a new round of technological revolution, promoted the changes in the new economic era, and gradually shifted from traditional trade in goods to the globalization of trade and e-commerce based on information and data. The "Digital Silk Road" is a new globalization plan to promote the common development of mankind in the digital economy, and has become an important part of jointly building the "Belt and Road Initiative"(BRI). After China proposed the new concept of the "Digital Silk Road", China-Africa cooperation in the economic and trade fields is also advancing rapidly. Africa has great potential for the development of the digital economy, especially under the prevalence of the COVID-19, and China-Africa economic and trade cooperation in the context of the "Digital Silk Road" has good expectations for sustainable development. In the face of opportunities and challenges, China needs to keep pace with The Times and adjust its thinking on economic and trade cooperation with Africa, so that China-Africa economic and trade cooperation can play a more important role in the process of Building a New Development Pattern in China.