Cooperation between China,Japan,South Korea and ASEAN in the Field of Digital Economy:An Analysis of Digital Trade
This paper tries to use the entropy weight method to construct the development indicators of digital trade be-tween China,Japan,Korea and ASEAN countries from 2013 to 2021,and to investigate the development level of digital trade between China,Japan,Korea and ASEAN countries.The study reveals that among ASEAN countries,the digital trade cooperation development index between Singapore and China,Japan and South Korea is the highest.From the perspective of comparison between China,Japan and South Korea,Japan and South Korea are ahead of China in the comprehensive devel-opment level of digital trade;in terms of time dimension,the growth rate of China's digital trade in the new era exceeds that of Japan and South Korea,and has the highest development potential among the three countries.The study of inter-regional competition and cooperation in digital industry will provide a reference framework for China to understand the extent of the international gap in the development of digital trade between China,Japan and South Korea,as well as to enhance the in-ternational competitiveness of China's digital trade development.
ChinaJapan and South KoreaASEANdigital tradeEntropy Weight Method