隨著冷戰的結束、歐盟的快速整合與發展,中歐關係調整步伐,快速的發展。由於中歐地處歐亞大陸兩端,雙方並不存在嚴重的利益衝突,彼此不夠成戰略安全上的衝突,且雙方對於國際局勢的認知-世界局勢多極化,共同牽制美國霸權有共同的默契;後冷戰時期,經濟議題躍升為各國關切的重點,中國自改革開放以來,經濟發展為順應全球化,需仰賴歐盟提供外援、技術等援助,尤其面對經貿議題互動上,更需要歐盟的支持;另外中國與歐盟在許多國際議題上有著共同的利益目標。中國罕見的在2003年,對歐盟發表了「中國對歐盟政策文件」,該份文件為中國官方發表的首份對外政策文件,引起了國際上的高度重視,該份文件的發表,象徵著中歐關係不斷提昇,中國高層決策意識到主動朔造國際環境的重要性,中國自2003年以胡錦濤為首的新一代領導階層建立以來,中國開始對地區和全球事務積極參與,而「中國對歐盟政策文件」正好映證中國外交突破以往,改採主動積極作為。本論文主要探討中國在後冷戰時期對歐盟政策的目標為何,雙方彼此的互動關係再以新現實主義理論加以解釋分析,有助於了解中國對歐盟政策執行的成效與侷限性。
The development of China-EU relations thrive a lot due to the end of the Cold-War era and the significant achievements of EU’s economic and political integration. Both China and the EU have a lot of common interests, such as the distant geographical feature, common understanding on the future international system toward multi-polar system, common strategic understanding on curbing the USA’s hegemonic behavior, and most important of all, the economic interests between each other. In 2003, China issued its first-ever EU policy paper called “China's EU Policy Paper” written by the Chinese government. The paper highlights the objectives of China's policy towards the EU, and outlines the areas and plans of cooperation in the next five years. The production of the paper means not only the China-EU relation is enhancing but the Chinese decision makers begin to realize the importance of the engagement with the international affairs since Chinese leader Hu Jintao took power in 2003. The paper mainly examines about the objectives and the implementation of China’s EU policy during the post Cold-War era. In doing so, the paper will use the theory –Neo Realism to interpret the effects and the limitations of China’s EU policy.