The world economy is becoming increasingly digital creating both opportunities and challenges for businesses in Asia. We propose to establish a research platform between NUS Business School and Tsinghua University’s School of Economics and Management so that faculty and PhD students can initiate regular contact, exchange information and propose joint research projects about the digital transformation of the world economy in China and the ASEAN region. The proposed exchange platform will be on WeChat. To make the proposed platform more effective, we have identified the following organizations as the key champions of this initiative. Within NUS, we have secured the support of the Asia Accounting Research Center (AARC) and the Centre for Business Analytics. Within Tsinghua University, we have secured the support of the School of Economics and Management’s Center for Internet Development and Governance (CIDG). We will also organize two academic conferences in the next two years (one in China and one in Singapore) to promote research on the digital economy in Asia. Our hope is to use this initiative to encourage interested faculty members and PhD students from both sides to develop joint research proposals for funding from either China or Singapore.