华人家族企业在东南亚国家的经济成长历程中占有重要地位，但是近年来受整个内部传承及外部环境因素的影响，家族企业的发展面临一些重大改变，如内部传承上的不顺利、外部环境的挑战、华人与其他族群的冲突或是政策的改变等，这些都使得东南亚华人家族企业在经营中面临挑战。另外，整个东南亚华人家族企业的关系网络，有利于整个家族企业在发展上更加绵密。同时，东盟经济共同体的整合与发展，不仅使得市场规模逐渐扩大，也让家族企业的发展更充满了机会。
Chinese family enterprises occupy the important place in the economic lifeline of the entire Southeast Asian countries. In recent years，due to the internal inheritance and external environmental factors，there have been some major changes in the development of enterprises，such as the internal inheritance not go well，the external environment such as China rise and policy changes，which made the Southeast Asian family business full of challenges in enterprise operation and management. On the other hand，the network of relationships among the entire Southeast Asian Chinese family also made the development of the family business more closed. The formation of ASEAN Economic Community（AEC）has also gradually expanded the size of market that gives the development opportunity to family businesses.
