ABSTRACT
Tourism service trade is an essential constituent of modern international service trade. In the process of China-ASEAN free trade area construction,the tourism is not only the important content in service trade,but also the forerunner industry in the construction and development of China-ASEAN free trade area. The construction of China-ASEAN free trade area provides each member states of the free trade zone with an important opportunity in developing the tourism service trade. There are the overviews of China-ASEAN free trade area and tourism service trade at the beginning of this paper,which expressly define the range and direction of this research.Then look back the history of tourism service trade between China and ASEAN and through an example of greater mekong subregion tourism cooperation to analyze the current outcome.Finally,find the problems in the cooperation and raise policies and suggestions to develop the tourism service trade between China and ASEAN in the future.