The first recorded contacts between China and the Indonesian archipelago came during the Ming Dynasty, when the Imperial eunuch Cheng Ho landed on Java during a marathon ocean voyage.
許多華僑到了印尼，憑著刻苦、勤儉的精神，赤手空拳打下一片天下。中國與印尼的接觸始於明朝初年，三保太監鄭和下西洋時曾在爪哇登陸，此後漸有華人移居印尼。