Impact of COVID-19 on ASEAN-China Cooperation and Its Prospects

Against the backdrop of COVID-19 outbreak, the people-centred, mutual-assistance cultural commonality, the resilience of economic and trade relations, and the determination to adhere to multilateralism held by people in China and ASEAN countries are valuable assets for the firture development of bilateral relations. While a normalised mechanism for the prevention of pandemics is being established, ASEAN-China relations urgently need to be optimised, particularly in terms of combing through what is important under such a new circumstance.