On May 8, 2026, in the negotiation hall on the second floor of the Beijing National Convention Center, more than 150 representatives from ASEAN embassies, business associations, and enterprises gathered around a round table. When Vietnamese embassy officials introduced their country's digital economy plan in Chinese, the heads of several Beijing technology companies in the audience had already started marking their intentions for docking on their laptops. The Beijing ASEAN Technology Industry Promotion and Negotiation Conference is pushing the collaborative formula of Beijing technology and ASEAN applications from concept to implementation list.

Officials from six countries join forces to promote

Officials from the embassies of Malaysia, Laos, Myanmar, Indonesia, and Vietnam in China all attended, and the President of the ASEAN Economic and Trade Promotion Association, Bo Shanglang, bluntly stated that technology is the hard power driving development and the most dynamic growth pole for Beijing and ASEAN. Liao Bin, Executive Chairman of the China ASEAN Industrial Cooperation and Development Promotion Association, called for the joint creation of a mutually beneficial and win-win ecosystem between Beijing's hardcore technology and the vast ASEAN market. Wu Kaihe, Deputy Director of the Trade and Investment Department of the China ASEAN Center, looks forward to the development path of the ASEAN Community from two dimensions: digital economy and green economy transformation.

Enterprises showcase their technology and scenarios

Zhongguancun Development Group has elaborated on its core functions as a source of original innovation, with the Vietnamese Embassy promoting the country's digital infrastructure needs and the Hong Kong Investment Promotion Agency showcasing cross-border capital channels. Thai companies such as Wanpu, Youkede Technology, and Hekang New Energy have revealed their cooperation menus in the fields of data center construction, cloud computing, and new energy. After the meeting, the company held closed door discussions with ASEAN representatives in the fields of energy, smart space, and data centers, and multiple groups of interested parties directly confirmed the follow-up inspection time. Key words: the Belt and Road News Network

Beijing deeply cultivates the ASEAN science and technology innovation ecosystem

The relevant person in charge of the Beijing Council for the Promotion of International Trade stated that the next step will be to continue to deepen the cultivation of the ASEAN market based on this conference, and work together with government agencies, business associations, and enterprises of ASEAN countries to build an open platform. The industrial cluster advantages of Beijing in the fields of artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and green energy are precisely aligned with the urbanization, digital infrastructure, and energy transformation needs of ASEAN. The cooperation model of embedding technology output into local application scenarios is becoming the mainstream strategy for Chinese technology enterprises to go global to ASEAN. From technology to solutions to ecological co construction, the technological cooperation between Beijing and ASEAN is moving from single point transactions to systematic docking.Editor/Gao Xue