Artificial intelligence empowering the construction of the ChinaCambodia community of shared future: mechanisms and collaborative pathways

This study, grounded in a Marxist technologyinstitutionvalue three-dimensional analytical framework, examines the internal mechanisms and collaborative pathways through which artificial intelligence (AI) can empower the construction of a ChinaCambodia community of shared future. The research finds that, although preliminary coordination exists between China and Cambodia in technological complementarity, institutional frameworks, and value alignment, several challenges persist. These include technological bottlenecks such as weak infrastructure, limited data resources, and a lack of innovation ecosystems; institutional barriers including misaligned laws and regulations, fragmented supervision, and difficulties in standard harmonization; as well as value-related gaps such as differences in cultural perceptions, fragile foundations of mutual trust, and insufficient social participation. To address these challenges, three strategic pathwaystechnological coordination, institutional alignment, and value consensusare proposed to build a systematic solution structured around foundational supportinstitutional guaranteessocial integration. This framework provides theoretical guidance for ChinaCambodia AI cooperation and offers insights for innovating digital collaboration models within the Belt and Road Initiative.