“Zhoubian” （surrounding areas） has its unique characteristic in China’s foreign policy. Since the early 1990s，China’s zhoubian has extended into Japan，Central Asia and Russia. The geographic expansion of zhoubian illustrates the Asianlization of Chinese economy. Moreover，the new “zhoubian” helps China to develop pragmatic views on world order. With maritime affairs’ increasing important in China’s international strategies，the weight of “zhoubian” will further increase under the background of the United States’return to Asia.