Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia were colonies and semi colonies of western countries. Due to the long-term colonial plunder and exploitation of imperialism, the productivity of these countries was backward and their economic structure was deformed. Since the 1960s, under the influence of development economics, the five ASEAN countries have successively established export-oriented development strategies, The emphasis is placed on the development of export-oriented industries with export or processing export as the main part, so that foreign trade and industry are closely combined, thus driving the rapid development of the whole economy. In this process, foreign investment plays a vital role. Therefore, ASEAN five countries are regarded as the example of developing countries using foreign capital to promote economic modernization.

新加坡,马来西亚,泰国,菲律宾和印度尼西亚五个东盟国家原为西方国家的殖民地和半殖民地,由于帝国主义长期的殖民掠夺和剥削,这些国家的生产力落后,经 济结构畸形.从60年代起,东盟五国在发展经济学思想的影响下,先后确立了出口主导型发展战略,强调发展以出口或加工出口为主的外向型工业,使外贸和工业 密切结合,从而带动了整个经济的迅速发展.在这一过程中,外资起到了至关重要的作用.因此,东盟五国又被人们当作发展中国家利用外资促进经济现代化的范例。