本文的重點在對大陸的東南亞研究進行整體回顧與展望，並有效理出大陸東南亞研究的脈絡與結構，在處理的方法上將強調四個問題的解析：第一，大陸東南亞研究如何受到大陸政經發展及大陸和東南亞區域的雙邊政經發展之影響？第二，整體分析與歸納大陸東南亞研究的方向、議題與趨勢。第三，針對大陸東南亞研究的內涵、範圍、資源與研究機構進行分析。第四，針對大陸東南亞研究的優勢與劣勢進行分析。

The focus of this paper is to deal with the retrospect and prospect of Southeast Asian Studies in Mainland China. Also, this paper attempts to find out what the contexts and structures of China’s Southeast Asian Studies are. Concerned with the methodological aspects in this paper, four issues will be involved and solved for the following discussion. First is to discuss how the development of China’s Southeast Asian Studies is influenced by the rise of her economy and politics. Also, it is interested to examine how the development of China’s Southeast Asian Studies is shaped by the improvement of economic and diplomatic relations between China and ASEAN. Second is to summarize the development direction, issues, and tendency of Southeast Asian Studies as a whole in China, Third is to entirely analyze the research resources, structures, and institutes of China’s Southeast Asian Studies. The last is to present those what are strengths and weakness of the whole research development on China’s Southeast Asian Studies.