Background
In recent years, the digital economy has emerged as an engine driving global economic growth, profoundly reshaping the landscape of connectivity, competition and cooperation among nations.
Under the framework of the China-Indonesia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, the two countries have continued to deepen practical cooperation in the digital sector, yielding positive progress and fruitful results in cloud infrastructure, e-commerce, fintech, intelligent manufacturing, smart livelihood services and other fields.
Such cooperation has not only strongly supported Indonesia in enhancing its digital sovereignty, technological self-reliance and overall industrial competitiveness, but also provided opportunities for Chinese technologies, solutions, standard systems to engage in Indonesia's digital development. It has helped elevate China-Indonesia digital economy cooperation to a higher level. To further deepen bilateral exchanges and mutual learning in the digital sector, China Development Institute and The Association of Indonesia-China Economic, Social and Cultural Cooperation held Indonesia-China Digital Economy Forum in Jakarta on 11 June 2026.
Objectives
Policy Alignment: Align Indonesia's development blueprints of "Industry 4.0" and "Golden Indonesia 2045" with China's "Digital Silk Road" Initiative, and facilitate the alignment of the two countries' strategic plans.
Industrial Cooperation: Focus on key areas including Indonesia's digital infrastructure, enterprise digital transformation, AI governance in ASEAN countries and digital talent cobuilding.
Experience Exchange: Deepen experience sharing and practical cooperation between China and Indonesia in the digital economy sector, and jointly develop some implementable, replicable and scalable benchmark projects and cases.
Organizers
China Development Institute and Association of Indonesia-China Economic, Social and Cultural Cooperation
Co-Organizer
Belt and Road Initiative Caucus for Asia Pacific
14:00-14:25 Opening Ceremony
Welcome Speech
The Hon Pak Sudrajat, Chairman, Association of Indonesia-China Economic, Social and Cultural Cooperation, Former Indonesian Ambassador to China
Guo Wanda, Executive Vice President, China Development Institute
Chair: Kris Liu, Director of International Cooperation Department, China Development Institute
14:25-15:00 Keynote Addresses: Development Strategies and Prospects for the Digital Economy of Indonesia and China
Mu Rongping, Honorary President of the Chinese Association for Science of Science and S&T Policy Research, Research Fellow at the Faculty of Business for Science and Technology of University of Science and Technology of China
Trio Adiono, Chairman and Co-founder, Indonesia Chip Design Collaborative Center
15:00-15:15 Group Photo and Afternoon Refreshments
15:15-16:05 Dialogue One: AI-driven Industrial Upgrading and Digital Transformation
Discussion Points:
1.How cloud infrastructure can transform from a cloud-network foundation to technological empowerment and in-depth integration with industries?
2.How digital applications can evolve from "availability" to "usability" to better adapt to and support the development of local enterprises?
3.How can ASEAN countries seize digital economy opportunities, promote inclusive AI innovation, and apply new technologies to real-world industries?
Rong Ke, Director of the Institute of Economics at the School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University
Yohanes Lukiman, Head of Ecommerce Committee at APINDO, Head of Business Development & CEO Office, Blibli
Fanny Liao, Director, Strategic Communications Center, Tencent
Jeffrey Towson, Partner, TechMoat Consulting
Chair: Kris Liu, Director of International Cooperation Department, China Development Institute
16:05-17:05 Dialogue Two: Responsible AI Governance & Digital Talent Co-Building Discussion Points:
1. How can China, Indonesia and regional partners work closer on AI governance, to build safe, reliable and sustainable AI for everyone?
2. How can we build a talent system for the digital economy, to better meet the needs of industrial upgrading and business digital transformation?
3. How to promote the flow and capacity-building of digital talents through policy alignment, industry–university collaboration and talent exchanges between Indonesia and China?
James Ong, Founder and Managing Director of the AI International Institute, Parttime Professor at the Singapore University of Technology and Design
Zheng Zhibin, Vice Chairman of the Network & Data Security Committee of China Communications Standards Association
Catherine Setiawan, Country Coordinator, Global Index on Responsible AI
Cao Zhongxiong, Assistant President and Director of Digital Economy and Global Strategy Department at China Development Institute
Stephen Lai, Secretary-General of the Belt and Road Initiative Caucus for Asia Pacific, Chairman of the Malaysia-China (GBA) Science-Tech Innovation Alliance
Chair: Kris Liu, Director of International Cooperation Department, China Development Institute
17:05-17:10 Closing Remarks
Richard Tan L.Ch, Executive Chairman, Association of Indonesia-China Economic, Social and Cultural Cooperation
Guo Wanda, Executive Vice President, China Development Institute
