Muna 1991, China yakakokwa kuti ipinde mumusangano wechimakumi maviri neina weVashandi vekunze kweASEAN kuKuala Lumpur, wakavhura zviri pamutemo hurongwa hwenhaurirano pakati peChina neASEAN. Nekuedza kwakabatana kwemativi ese ari maviri, kubatana kweChina-ASEAN kwakawana budiriro yeLeapfrog uye yave nzira yakabudirira uye ine simba yekushandira pamwe mudunhu reAsia-Pacific. Izvi hazviparadzaniswe neidi rokuti mapato ose ari maviri anogara achiisa mumwe nemumwe pakutanga muhukama hwavo hwekunze; nguva dzose isa vanhu pekutanga uye tarisa kune pragmatic kubatana; gara uchitsigira mweya wekudyidzana uye kushanda pamwe chete kubata nematambudziko makuru; gara uchitevedzera kuvhurika budiriro uye uwane kubatsirikana uye kuhwina-kuhwina; nguva dzose tora mamiriro ezvinhu seZvakakosha kuisa misiyano panzvimbo.
Kubva gore rapfuura, mukutarisana nekukanganiswa kweiyo koronavirus nyowani denda, China neASEAN vakashanda pamwe chete uye vakabatsirana, uye hukama pakati pemativi maviri hwakawedzera kuderedzwa. Parizvino, mamiriro ekurwisa-denda muASEAN achiri akanyanya, uye iyo yakawanda inotapukira mutated strains yakaisa zvakanyanya kumanikidza nyika dzeASEAN kudzivirira denda; kugoverwa kusina kuenzana kwejekiseni idzva rekorona yepasi rose kwakonzera kuti nyika dzeASEAN dzisakwanise kukurumidza kuwedzera huwandu hwekudzivirira uye kumisikidza dziviriro yekudzivirira.