In the context of the division of labor in the global value chain, China's participation in international trade to obtain less practical benefits, is still in the “low-end locked” situation, the rapid development of the digital economy provides historical opportunities for all countries, ASEAN countries as important trading partners of our country, its digital economy development will undoubtedly affect China's export and export trade benefits, this paper is based on the relevant data of China and ASEAN countries from 2003 to 2018, Empirical examination of the impact of the digital economy development of ASEAN countries on China's exports and export trade benefits. It is found that the digital economy development of ASEAN countries not only significantly expands the scale of China's export trade to them, but also expands China's benefits in export trade, but the digital economy in ASEAN countries promotes China's export trade benefits less than the promotion effect on the total export trade.

Wei Qianqing, Liu Lingling. Research on the Impact of ASEAN Countries' Digital Economy Development on China's Export Trade Benefits. Academic Journal of Business & Management (2023) Vol. 5, Issue 16: 24-31. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJBM.2023.051605.

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