Abstract: As the Belt and Road Initiative emphasizes cooperation of science and technology, and ASEAN is the core and priority area of "the Belt and Road" construction, S&T cooperation has become a new highlight of China-ASEAN relations. In order to understand the state of S&T cooperation between China and ASEAN since the 12th Five-Year Plan period, this study analyzes the S&T co-authored papers of China and ASEAN collected by SCIE from 2011 to  2019, conducts quantitative and qualitative analysis, reveals the characteristics and cooperation modes of S&T cooperation between China and ASEAN, describes the current status of S&T cooperation between China and ASEAN, and provides suggestions for the further development. The results show that: the total scale and quality of co-authored papers published by China and ASEAN have gradually improved; there are differences in key cooperation areas between different countries; bilateral cooperation is the mainstream cooperation mode between China and ASEAN; and the cooperation shows a trend of internationalization.

Key words: China, ASEAN, Cooperation of Science and Technology, Bibliometric