ASEAN is the key node and an important partner with China under the belt and road initiative, and enhancing in-depth educational cooperation with ASEAN is an effective way to promote bilateral trade relations, and mutual trust in political and cultural fields. Open university has become a higher education institution with the concept of distance education in both China and ASEAN regions. This research selects seven variables from the eight open universities in the ASEAN regions in type of university, university mission and vision,scale, curriculum level,teaching model,open educational resources and MOOC and quality control.The purpose is the promotion of distance education cooperation between China and ASEAN open universities in innovation,expansion,quality control and sharing of open educational resources.