Revista de Știinţe Politice şi Relaţii Internaţionale (Jun 2022)
REALITĂȚILE, DIRECȚIILE DE DEZVOLTARE ȘI SEMNIFICAȚIILE DIGITALIZĂRII ÎN CHINA
Abstract
China's digitalization has had notable achievements since 2015-2016. The vision of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) aims to achieve an ideal situation – a Chinese cyber sovereignty – in which China would rely mostly or even exclusively on itself, and the Chinese authorities would have extensive control over the Internet. In this sense, Chinese digital soft power at home and abroad gave way to smart governance, cyber sovereignty, e-bureaucracy, a Chinese cyberspace, as well as a digital public diplomacy etc., all addressed to its netizens. The development of Chinese government services is incomparably more advanced than in the most developed countries in the world, the digital infrastructure is solid, citizens and the private sector have indisputable advantages, the digital economy thrives and access to goods of all kinds and improved public services it is excellent. All these aspects are cultivated as new sources of legitimacy for the CCP. Digitization also plays an important role in ensuring national security, playing an important role in both cyber security (ICT security and through ICT) and cultural security (information, cultural diplomacy, propaganda, but also cleaning the internet of ideas, tensions and information harmful to the party).
