East Asia Regional Cooperation And Influencing Factors Research

Since the 1960s, the economic globalization and the regional economies collectivization have become two important tidal current leading the world development. The economic globalization lets the relation between the countries and the locals become more and more close, and at the same time the regional collectivization causes the local internal cooperation to be strengthened day by day. East Asia ---after the World WarⅡ--- as one of the most active areas, its need of the regional cooperation becomes closer day by day. Compared to the EU and the North American Free Trade Area, which have already matured, however, the East Asia was slightly inferior.So far, East Asia regional cooperation is a unique pattern in the world. Since 1997, the annual Association of Southeast Asian Nations, "10+3" Summit has been fixed as a system, and demonstrate its strong vitality to the world, which formed the basis of eight ministerial meeting. ASEAN's cooperation separately with China, Japan and South Korea were the "10+1" format, together with the ASEAN Summit held in 2005, made the East Asian regional cooperation in a number of issues the focus of world attention.This paper is made up of the introduction, body and concluding remarks, Text is divided into three parts.Introduction section introduces the background and significance of topics, presenting the condition of study, relevant reviews, the thinking of research and research approach.The first part, describing the present situation and characteristics of regional cooperation in East Asia, has discussed the current development situation of regional cooperation in East Asia as well as several essential features. This essay thinks that the characteristics of regional cooperation in East Asia are:First, with the refrain "Sovereignty demise" and an open policy of the typical pattern of ASEAN; Second, the East Asian regional cooperation presents the hierarchical; Third, the East Asia regional cooperation is the ASEAN-led power participation; Fourth, the East Asian regional cooperation takes the economy as the forerunner, while the political cooperation is slow; Fifth, within East Asian cooperation, the participants involves different objectives.The second part discusses the factors influencing regional cooperation in East Asia. The reason why the East Asian regional cooperation has emerged different characteristics than the European Union and the North American Free Trade Area includes both the international context of economic globalization and regional groups, and the positive factors of East Asian countries'economic takeoff and bilateral free trade in East Asia after World WarⅡ. At the same time, there are other factors, for example, the great difference between the East Asian countries'political system, economic system, economic development, cultural and religious, And the various historical and territorial conflicts between East Asian countries as well as numerous factors from the US can't be neglected.The third party is on the methods of East Asian regional cooperation. East Asia is the world's most complex regions of various factors. To foster awareness of East Asia, to form identity in East Asia, and to speak to the world as a whole is the primary consideration. Meanwhile the various forums which gradually existed in regional cooperation should be institutionalized, which is the legal guarantee of regional cooperation in East Asia. ASEAN plays a leading role in the current regional cooperation in East Asia, so to strengthen ASEAN's own development also is taken into account. The key to regional cooperation in East Asia between China and Japan is the establishment of mutual trust. Finally, after the East Asian regional cooperation, including the development of East Asia, can not do without the United States, so to handle the relationship with the United States is imperative.The conclusion is the last part. East Asian regional cooperation conforms to the trend of the times, which will improve it gradually and head towards the goal of an East Asian community in the global economic integration and regional situation.