Education-Research Cooperation Empowering China-Malaysia Trade Security

Under the regional economic cooperation framework, China-Malaysia education and research cooperation has shifted from cultural exchanges to serving trade security. This paper constructs an analytical framework of "cooperation-risk-mechanism-optimization", and empirically tests the empowerment effect based on 2013-2025 panel data. Results show that each unit increase in cooperation level significantly improves trade security index by 0.241 units. Cooperation enhances trade security through talent supply, technological innovation, standard mutual recognition, and trust-based transaction cost reduction, with the first two channels contributing 58.5%. Data security risk exerts the strongest inhibitory effect. Institutional optimization paths are proposed from five dimensions. 在区域经贸合作纵深推进背景下，中马教育科研合作已从传统人文交流向服务贸易安全转型。本文构建"合作现状—风险识别—机制检验—制度优化"框架，基于2013—2025年面板数据，实证检验教育科研合作对国际贸易安全的赋能效应。研究发现：教育科研合作水平每提升1单位，贸易安全指数显著提升0.241单位；合作通过人才供给、技术创新、标准互认、信任降低交易成本四条渠道发挥作用，其中人才与技术渠道合计贡献58.5%。数据安全风险对正向效应的抑制作用最强。据此，本文从顶层协定、规则对接、数据安全、产学研融合、风险预警五方面提出优化路径。