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Yunnan plans to expand digital links with South and Southeast Asia by 2030
Yunnan has issued a plan to expand digital cooperation with South and Southeast Asia through 2030.
The province in southwest China borders Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam and is near other countries in the region.
The plan aims to build stronger digital infrastructure and improve the movement and use of data across borders.
It proposes expanding international communications links, exploring international data centres and supporting cross-border data spaces for sectors such as transport, energy and tourism.
The plan also seeks shared rules for cross-border data and more cooperation on cybersecurity standards.
It includes digital trade and cultural projects, such as a regional centre for cultural data and film exchange activities.
Yunnan aims to have these measures producing clear results by 2030, including more active cross-border digital cooperation.
Yunnan plans to expand digital cooperation with South and Southeast Asia by 2030 under its 15th Five-Year Plan for Digital Yunnan.
The plan aims for efficient digital information corridors, stronger links between those corridors and industry, and growing cross-border digital cooperation by 2030.
Measures include developing cross-border digital infrastructure and exploring international data centres and trusted cross-border data spaces.
The plan also calls for dialogue on cross-border data flows, digital trade rules and cybersecurity standards.
Yunnan also plans digital cultural and economic initiatives, including media exchanges and a Kunming node in a BRICS digital industry network.
- Who
- The Yunnan provincial government.
- What
- It plans to expand digital infrastructure and cooperation with South and Southeast Asia under its Digital Yunnan plan.
- When
- The targets are for 2030. The plan was reported on November 6, 2026.
- Where
- Yunnan, China, and countries in South and Southeast Asia.
- Why
- The plan aims to use the strategic opportunity of building digital information corridors serving South and Southeast Asia.
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The Yunnan provincial government issued its 15th Five-Year Plan for Digital Yunnan.
China News Service reported the plan’s aims and measures.
- Target year
- 2030
- Province
- Yunnan
- Bordering countries
- Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam
- Planned digital hub
- Kunming International Communications Business Gateway
- Cultural initiatives
- Lancang-Mekong International Film Week and Lancang-Mekong Audiovisual Week
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织密面向南亚东南亚数字丝路合作纽带” translated as “weave closer digital Silk Road cooperation links with South and Southeast Asia