Abstract:As the transport hub of Asia,Europe and Africa,West Asia and North Africa are the regions of great strategic importance.Meanwhile,they are also the regions with the highest oil reserves and output of the world.The overall national informatization development of the two regions is at an upper medium level in the world,mostly higher than the world average and The Belt and Road countries' average.However,the specific situation of different countries could vary greatly,depending on their different economic development,technological level,social stability and national investment.Among those countries,Bahrain,Israel,UAE,Kuwait are at an advanced level in the world,yet Yemen,Syria,Egypt are at a lower level.This paper has made a detailed study of the informatization development of those countries and regions with representative significance such as Saudi Arabia,Turkey,Egypt,Israel.Saudi Arabia has stepped into an early stage of information society development,which can be very well demonstrated in the informatization of governmental service and digital living.The positive development of information economy is driven by factors such as strong economic growth,stable political environment,rejuvenation of population and national economic policy.As an emerging developing country,Turkey attaches great importance to the application of information technology in various fields.It's necessary to accelerate the national economic development with informatization development while it's also a need to actively become adapted to all kinds of information systems and standards of EU.Egypt's information infrastructure,information economy,government informatization and digital living are all below the global average level but there is a large market and great potential of development for Egypt.The main target of its national informatization strategy is to realize openness to the world,free market competition,democracy and social justice with ICT resources.With more importance attached to the innovation and in-depth application of information and communications technology,Israel has the most developed network communications facility system in Middle East,as well as an ongoing growth of information industry,an globally advanced internet security and a high level development of e-government,and thus it is renowned with the name of “Middle East Silicon Valley”.
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