The State Governance in the Coming Digital Age: Implications for China

Occupation: Researcher, School of Foreign Studies, Nanjing University of Science and Technology; PhD student, Department of Political Analysis and Management, RUDN University
Affiliation:
Nanjing University of Science and Technology
Patrice Lumumba RUDN University
Address: China, Nanjing; Russia, Moscow

Journal name

Asia and Africa Today

Edition

Issue 11

Pages

63-70

Abstract

The digital transformation, as the main trend in this coming Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0.), is not only leading a new round of economic and industrial transformation, but also reshaping society and fundamentally transforming state governance.

How to manage the state governance in this digital age is becoming the vital question for many countries in the post COVID-19 era. How to adjust the state governance rules and methods in accordance with the emerging digital technologies to boost the socio-economic growth and development?

This article provides the analysis of state governance in the digital age both at theoretical and practical levels, from Chinese perspective. It focuses on the governance changes that digital transformation brings with the traditional institutionalism, defines the state of the coming digital era, observes China’s state governance transformation in this process, and finally offers the implications of “Chinese model” in terms of state-led development in this digital age. The main research methodologies mainly contain analytical, comparative, and inductive.

Keywords

State Governance, Digital Transformation, Digital Economy, Digital Technologies, Chinese Model, Institutionalism, Governance Change

Received

19.06.2023

Publication date

23.11.2023

Number of characters

25280

Cite

GOST	Cheng G. The State Governance in the Coming Digital Age: Implications for China // Asia and Africa Today – 2023. – Issue 11 C. 63-70 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://asaf-today.ru/S032150750028647-3-1 (circulation date: 20.05.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S032150750028647-3
MLA	Cheng, Guo "The State Governance in the Coming Digital Age: Implications for China." Asia and Africa Today 11 (2023):63-70. DOI: 10.31857/S032150750028647-3
APA	Cheng G. (2023). The State Governance in the Coming Digital Age: Implications for China. Asia and Africa Today (11), pp.63-70 DOI: 10.31857/S032150750028647-3

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