ASEAN-China dialogue relations started when H.E. Qian Qichen, the Foreign Ministry of the People’s Republic of China attended the opening session of the 24th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting in July 1991 in Kuala Lumpur as a guest of the Malaysian Government. China expressed its keen interest to cooperate with ASEAN for mutual benefit.  China was accorded full Dialogue Partner status at the 29th AMM in July 1996 in Jakarta.

At the 7th ASEAN-China Summit in October 2003 in Bali, the Joint Declaration of the Heads of State/Government on Strategic Partnership for Peace and Prosperity was signed. A five-year (2005-2010) Plan of Action was adopted in 2004 to implement the Joint Declaration. The Plan of Action has served as the master plan to broaden and deepen ASEAN-China dialogue relations in a comprehensive and mutually beneficial manner with the view of strengthening the strategic partnership for regional peace, development and prosperity. A new five year Plan of Action (2011-2015) was adopted at the 13th ASEAN-China Summit in October 2010 in Ha Noi.

ASEAN and China had agreed to cooperate on eleven priority areas of cooperation, namely agriculture, information and communication technology, human resource development, Mekong Basin Development, investment, energy, transport, culture, public health, tourism and environment.

Overview of ASEAN – China Relations

ASEAN – China Free Trade Area

Second Protocol to Amend the Agreement on Trade in Goods of the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Co-Operation between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the People's Republic of China

• Appendix 1
• Appendix 2
• Appendix 2a

First Protocol to Amend the Agreement on Trade in Goods of the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Co-Operation between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the People's Republic of China

Annexes to Protocol to Amend the Agreement on Trade in Goods of the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Cooperation between ASEAN - China

Memorandum of Understanding between ASEAN and China on Strengthening Cooperation in the Field of Standards, Technical Regulations and Conformity Assessment

Memorandum of Understanding between ASEAN and China on Cooperation in the Field of Intellectual Property

Agreement on Investment of the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Co-operation between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the People's Republic of China, Bangkok, 15Aug2009

Agreement on Trade in Services of the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Co-operation between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the People’s Republic of China, Cebu, Philippines, 14 January 2007

• Schedule of Specific Commitments (For the First Package of Commitments) - Brunei Darussalam
• Schedule of Specific Commitments (For the First Package of Commitments) - Cambodia
• Schedule of Specific Commitments (For the First Package of Commitments) - China
• Schedule of Specific Commitments (For the First Package of Commitments) - Indonesia
• Schedule of Specific Commitments (For the First Package of Commitments) - Lao PDR
• chedule of Specific Commitments (For the First Package of Commitments) – Malaysia
• Schedule of Specific Commitments (For the First Package of Commitments) – Myanmar
• Schedule of Specific Commitments (For the First Package of Commitments) – Philippines
• Schedule of Specific Commitments (For the First Package of Commitments) – Singapore
• Schedule of Specific Commitments (For the First Package of Commitments) – Thailand
• Schedule of Specific Commitments (For the First Package of Commitments) - Viet Nam

Agreement on Trade in Goods of the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Co-operation between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the People’s Republic of China, Vientiane, 29 November 2004

• ANNEX I. Modality for Tariff Reduction and Elimination for Tariff Lines Placed in the Normal Track
• ANNEX II. Modality for Tariff Reduction/ Elimination for Tariff Lines Placed in the Sensitive Track
• ANNEX III. Rules of Origin for the ASEAN-China Free Trade Area

Agreement on Dispute Settlement Mechanism of the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Co-Operation Between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the People’s Republic of China, Vientiane, 29 November 2004

Protocol to Amend the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Co-Operation Between the Association of South East Asian Nations and the People's Republic of China, Bali, 6 October 2003

Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Co-Operation Between ASEAN and the People's Republic of China, Phnom Penh, 4 November 2002

Annexes to the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Co-Operation Between ASEAN and the People's Republic of China, Phnom Penh, 4 November 2002

Tariff Reduction Schedule