China’s Digital Economy: Opportunities and Risks

China’s digital economy has expanded rapidly in recent years. While average digitalization of the economy remains lower than in advanced economies, digitalization is already high in certain regions and sectors, in particular e-commerce and fintech, and costal regions. Such transformation has boosted...

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Main Authors: Zhang, Longmei, Chen, Sally
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