AI-Driven Online Education Platforms Empowering China-ASEAN Higher Education Cooperation: New Models for Partnership Development

Traditional China-ASEAN educational cooperation models face persistent challenges including institutional coordination difficulties, communication barriers, and resource allocation inefficiencies that constrain partnership effectiveness and limit collaborative potential. This study investigates how artificial intelligence technologies can transform international educational cooperation through systematic empirical analysis, technological solution design, and practical validation. Using qualitative methodology with semi-structured interviews of 22 higher education professionals across China and ASEAN countries, the research identifies three primary challenge categories and proposes the AI-Enhanced International Education Cooperation (AIEC) model as a comprehensive solution framework. The AIEC model is composed of four interrelated layers, which are technology infrastructure, platform applications, cooperation mechanism and value creation and can address the limitations through smart match systems, cross language processing platforms and quality evaluator draft. Through case study verification of the China-ASEAN Digital Education Alliance and National Smart Education Platform International Version, significant performance enhancements are achieved in all aspects when compared with existing work. The results demonstrate member satisfaction rates of 94%, a reduction in coordination time of 45% in both cases, and a 67% increase in project completion effectiveness when compared to traditional cooperation techniques, and the average improvement effects of 47.4%. The study produces theoretical constructs for technology-enhanced international education, as well as actionable recommendations for policy-makers, universities and technology companies. The AIEC model provides a transferable model that blends information and communication technology with sensitivity to local culture to support sustainable regional integration and long term development of partnerships in education.