The fast improving ASEAN-China economic relations during the last decade has served mutual and shared interests of both sides, contributing to regional economic development and integration. This paper will present the general observations on five dimensions of such progress in terms of:(1) Overview of ASEAN-China economic relations; (2) Dealing with a rising Chinese economy; (3) Roles of ASEAN-China Free Trade Area (ACFTA); (4) ASEAN and China in the regional cooperation; and (5) The future of ASEAN-China economic relations. Given closer economic linkages and constructive bilateral relations, ASEAN and China with the ACFTA project can play as a main pillar for the East Asian economic integration arrangements. The ASEAN-China relations in general and economic partnership in particular should become one of the key drivers in shaping the regional cooperative framework.