关键词: 中欧关系, 数字合作, 数字战略

Abstract: Against the backdrop of profound changes in the international landscape, digital space has become one of the crucial sites of competition among major global actors. Stricken by the outbreak of the COVID19 pandemic, the role of digital technology played in economic recovery and social governance has been underpinned. In order to enhance digital capability and discourse power, China and EU have implemented their respective digital strategies with priorities in digital transformation and digital sovereignty. In this context, in September 2020, China and EU announced to build a digital partnership, which can be a major new highlight of ChinaEU cooperation and a new growth point of bilateral relations, symbolizing that ChinaEU digital collaboration has gradually moved on the track of institutionalization. Nevertheless, the cognitive divergence between China and EU on the rules of global digital governance has limited the depth and breadth of this partnership, while the attitude of the US has remained to be one of the main obstacles to the current ChinaEU digital cooperation. The construction of ChinaEU digital partnership has become a common vision and pursuit for both sides. Upholding the principle of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits, China and EU should bridge differences through dialogue and work together to strengthen digital policy coordination and digital technology cooperation.

Key words: China-EU relations, digital cooperation, digital strategy