In 1991, China was invited to attend the 24th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, which officially opened the dialogue process between China and ASEAN. With the joint efforts of both sides, China-ASEAN cooperation has achieved leapfrog development and has become the most successful and dynamic model of cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region. This is inseparable from the fact that both parties always put each other first in their foreign relations; always put people first and focus on pragmatic cooperation; always uphold the spirit of partnership and work together to deal with major challenges; always adhere to open development and achieve mutual benefit and win-win; always take the overall situation as the It’s important to put the differences in place.
Since last year, in the face of the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, China and ASEAN have worked together and helped each other, and the relationship between the two sides has been further sublimated. At present, the anti-epidemic situation in ASEAN is still severe, and the more infectious mutated strains have put more pressure on ASEAN countries' epidemic prevention; the uneven distribution of the global new crown vaccine has caused ASEAN countries to be unable to quickly increase the vaccination rate and establish an immune barrier.