The aim of this study is to not only analyse the current aspect of China`s regional environmental cooperation but also provide prospects for regional environmental cooperation of China. Furthermore our work seeks the way to use China`s position and in...
The aim of this study is to not only analyse the current aspect of China`s regional environmental cooperation but also provide prospects for regional environmental cooperation of China. Furthermore our work seeks the way to use China`s position and interests to promote and strengthen Northeast environmental cooperation for fulfilling regional goal, sustainability. Through the study, several things can be expected as following. First, this paperwork could provide essential fundamental information about China`s regional environmental cooperations and also it would be possible to apply results of the work to related practical environmental programmes. Second, the study enables us to device future strategies to foster Northeast Asia environmental cooperation. Third, the results of the work could contribute to widen Korea-China cooperation to environmental field, strengthening their trust relationship and influencing on peace-building in Northeast Asia. In order to understand the current aspect of China`s regional environmental cooperation, our paperwork focused on multilateral governmental mechanisms for regional environmental cooperation over East Asia, Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia and Middle Asia, then compared each of the aspects under the mechanisms. Prospects for China`s regional environmental cooperation were described under the consideration of China`s increased interest in developing environmental industry, its role as an responsible powerful state, change in China`s motivation for environmental cooperation and so on. In addition, the study proposed five ways to use the position and interests of China to accelerate multilateral environmental cooperation in Northeast Asia. These are in terms of Xi Jin-ping government`s strategies, the plural approach through Governmental and non governmental actors, development of strategies using market mechanism, Park Geun-hye adminstration`s Northeast Asian strategies and maximization of Korea`s leadership as a middle power.