自一九七八年以來，中共堅持「一個中心、兩個基本點」的路線－以經濟建設為中心，堅持四項基本原則，堅持實施改革開放政策。除從理論上作調整外，並引進市場機制，全力發展經濟。經過三十年，經濟發展成果已是全世界都不能忽視，而中共也逐漸將其國家安全政策，修訂為以發展經濟為主；由於中共在經濟實力不斷上升，「中國威脅論」也隨之發酵，因此，中共有必要對國際社會展現更為友好且負責任的姿態，而維護其周邊環境的穩定，並以經濟合作與經濟睦鄰的姿態開展其影響力，成為其經濟發展的首要工作。全球化的浪潮帶來了另一波以中國大陸市場為中心的亞太區域經濟整合，而台灣應如何此一區域整合的趨勢，則有賴當政者的深謀遠擘。本文嘗試從區域整合的相關理論探索亞太區域整合的理論基礎，進而探討中共經濟發展與亞太區域整合的關係，以及台灣在此區域整合的前景。

Since 1978, China has based its reform on the “One Core, Two Basic Points”--economic construction is the core, holding on the four principles, and holding on the implementation of reform and open policy-- route to the national development. China has not only adapted the theories of the national development, but also introduced the market mechanism to develop comprehensively the economy. Over the past three decades, the success of the China’s economic development cannot be ignored by the whole world, and China has changed its national security policy mainly toward the economic development. Due to its economic power rising continually, “China Threat Theory” is also rising. Therefore, China has to show more of its kindness and responsibility to the international society for keeping the stability in its neighborhood environment, and to expand its influence with economic cooperation and good-neighborliness that will be its first priority. The wave of globalization leads to another wave of Asia-Pacific regional integration which is based on the China market. Taiwan must depend on the deliberated planning if it wants to cope with this trend. This paper tries to explore the regional integration theories, the relations between China’s economic development and Asia-Pacific regional integration, and Taiwan’s prospective in the integration.