Today, the largest numbers of overseas Chinese are to be found in Southeast Asia; this is not unrelated to Zheng He's voyages. Later, Ming and Qing dynasty merchants carried on trading in Southeast Asia on their own account, and the region continued to be influenced by Guangdong and Fujian.
今天東南亞華僑人數最多，便與鄭和多次下西洋有關，後來，明、清商人，在東南亞進行私人貿易，南洋地區繼續受廣東、福建影響。