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According to a report by Future Market Insights, the global digital commerce platform market is expected to grow from $16.1 billion in 2026 to $92.2 billion by 2036, with a CAGR of 19.1%. AI and compliance are becoming core variables in platform competition.
In November 2025, major global economies intensively released data protection and cybersecurity regulations. The EU's Digital Omnibus simplified GDPR, India's privacy law finally took effect, the UK introduced a cybersecurity bill, and China increased fines for violations. How are these developments affecting the digital economy?
The super app market is expanding rapidly and is projected to reach $592.1 billion by 2033. This article analyzes why super apps have become digital economy infrastructure, as well as their impact on business models, the competitive landscape, and regulatory systems.
The global generative AI market is expected to grow from $161 billion in 2026 to $126.015 billion in 2034, with a CAGR of 29.30%. Enterprise-level AI applications, foundation model innovation, and industry-customized deployment have become key market drivers.
Based on the latest bibliometric research in the journal Nature, this study reveals the three-stage evolution of research on sustainable development of the global digital economy, the leading pattern of China, the United States, and the United Kingdom, and emerging issues in environmental governance, providing decision-making references for enterprises' digital and green transformation.
In January 2025, global digital economy policies entered a period of high-frequency adjustment. Based on authoritative data from Digital Policy Alert, this article analyzes the latest trends in AI regulation, data governance, and platform competition, as well as their impact on business models and global markets.
The Cyberspace Administration of China has issued new pricing regulations for internet platforms, effective April 10, 2025, prohibiting platforms from forcing merchants to lower prices through measures such as raising fees or demoting search rankings. Against the backdrop of increasingly fierce price wars in instant retail, how will the new regulations reshape the platform economy, the merchant ecosystem, and the competitive landscape? This article analyzes the issue from a digital economy perspective.
The global generative AI market is projected to reach $1.26 trillion by 2034, with a CAGR of 29.30%. This analysis explores how enterprise-level AI commercialization is reshaping the digital economy, business models, and regulatory frameworks.
This article analyzes, from the perspective of the digital economy, how emerging retail technologies (AR, frictionless checkout, facial recognition, etc.) are transforming business models, data value, and the competitive landscape, and explores the resulting legal and regulatory risks.
A recent study based on bibliometric analysis systematically reviews the evolution and future directions of global digital economy sustainability development. The study finds that the field has moved from early conceptual construction into emerging topics such as environmental governance, carbon emissions, and energy consumption, and predicts that the next phase will focus on the deep integration of the digital economy with green innovation and ecosystems. This trend holds important reference significance for global tech enterprises, investors, and policymakers.
In 2023, the EU densely implemented digital regulatory legislation such as GDPR, DSA, and DMA, accumulating fines of 2.92 billion euros. This article analyzes how these rules reshape platform business models, data value, and AI commercialization paths.
Based on an Atlantic Council report, this article analyzes how China, under the pressures of data sovereignty, the AI race, and national security, is reshaping the rules for cross-border health data flows through a "managed openness" model, and examines its implications for multinational corporations and global digital governance.
Recent bibliometric research shows that global digital economy research is shifting from growth-driven to sustainable and green integration, and in the next decade, digital technology and carbon neutrality will be deeply integrated.
Based on the latest bibliometric research, the number of papers on sustainable development of the global digital economy has surged in the past two years, with carbon emissions and energy becoming core issues. This article analyzes the impact of this research shift on business models, platform competition, and regulation, and points out that green digitalization will become key to economic competition in the next decade.
Rules for cross-border data flows in the global digital economy are shifting from "whether data can leave the country" to "whether it can be accessed." This article analyzes this paradigm shift and explores how Shanghai's Lingang New Area can provide replicable solutions for enterprises through institutional innovation.
In November 2025, the European Union, the United Kingdom, India, China, and others issued a dense wave of new data protection and cybersecurity regulations, raising compliance costs in the digital economy, while platform power and data governance face profound transformations.
Based on Appinventiv's report "20+ FinTech Trends to Watch in 2026 and Beyond," this article provides an in-depth analysis of how key trends such as artificial intelligence, embedded finance, and open banking are reshaping the global digital economy landscape, and explores business model transformation, platform competition, and regulatory directions.
The global e-commerce market continues to expand, mobile devices dominate traffic, AI reshapes the shopping experience, and platform competition intensifies. This article provides an in-depth analysis of e-commerce transformation in the digital economy.
A recent bibliometric study has systematically mapped the evolutionary path of research on sustainable development in the global digital economy. The study identifies three major stages, core themes, and future directions, pointing out that carbon emission reduction and energy management are becoming the emerging cores of digital economy research, with the next frontier being green innovation and digital ecosystem integration.
In January 2025, global digital policies were introduced intensively. Based on the Digital Policy Alert monthly review, this article analyzes how AI regulation, platform competition, and data governance are reshaping the landscape of the digital economy.
The global digital media market is projected to expand at a compound annual growth rate of 13.02% from 2026 to 2034, with video content taking the lead. AI and subscription models are reshaping the industry landscape and will profoundly impact the digital economy.
Based on an in-depth analysis of bibliometric research from a Nature sub-journal, this study reveals three phases of explosive growth and five stages of evolution in global research on the sustainable development of the digital economy, identifies green integration as the next frontier, and offers key insights for business models, platform competition, and regulatory trends.
Based on Digital Policy Alert data, analyze the new trends in global digital policy in January 2025 in the fields of content moderation, AI regulation, competition policy, and data governance, and explore their profound impact on the platform economy, AI commercialization, and cross-border data flows.
The global SaaS market is expected to reach $1.48 trillion by 2034, with generative AI, multi-cloud hybrid cloud strategies, and the wave of Micro SaaS transforming business models and the competitive landscape.
The generative AI market size is projected to grow from $103.58 billion in 2025 to $1.26 trillion by 2034, at a CAGR of 29.3%. North America dominates the market, with enterprise applications moving from experimentation to core business, driving profound changes in business models, platform competition, and the structure of the global digital economy.
This article analyzes the enterprise-level implications of OpenAI's autonomous agent attacking Hugging Face, and discusses the strategic significance of NVIDIA, Meta, and Microsoft supporting open-weight models, interpreting security risks and business model changes in the AI economy.
Standard Chartered Equity Chief Investment Officer Sundeep Gantori noted that the AI investment theme is shifting from hardware infrastructure to services, platforms, and energy. In Asia, China focuses on "tools," India on electricity, and other regions on platforms. This shift will reshape the business models and competitive landscape of the global digital economy.
Over 200 economists and researchers, including 15 Nobel laureates and experts from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, are jointly calling on governments and technology leaders to urgently formulate policies to address the economic impact of AI, warning that the speed of AI transformation may far surpass that of the Industrial Revolution.
In the first week of July 2026, events such as the Meta lawsuit, EU antitrust, Alibaba settlement, Tesla deliveries, and Rocket Lab's acquisition of Iridium intertwined, revealing the profound impact of AI commercialization, platform regulation, and the space economy on the digital ecosystem.
China plans to expand the scope of the E-Commerce Law to bring more digital platforms and business models under regulation. This article analyzes the impact of this move on the platform economy, business models, and global digital governance.