Author(s)

Anqi Han ¹, Wenwei Li ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Law School, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China

Corresponding Author

Anqi Han

ABSTRACT

The international seabed area is rich in mineral resources and contains unlimited potential for exploitation, thus becoming a new focus of international competition. However, as deep seabed activities face great challenges due to the extreme difficulty, high risks and costs, and unpredictable impacts on the deep seabed, how to go about preventing and controlling the negative impacts caused by deep seabed development has become a major challenge. Among a series of solutions, institution-building is clearly superior to other measures, and should be emphasized by the State as it can prevent and control risks from the root. China, as the leading country in the field of international deep seabed development and a developing country with the strongest strength, has developed deep seabed technology but lags behind in the construction of institutions, so it is necessary for it to keep abreast of the times and pay attention to the construction of institutions in the development of science and technology at the same time. This paper describes the current situation of China's legislation and policy on deep seabed exploration and development, provides relevant information about its neighboring countries Japan, South Korea and India, and puts forward suggestions on the relevant institutional contents of Japan, South Korea and India that China can consider taking reference from by examining the institutional characteristics of the three countries and the problems existing in China, and combining the main theme of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea with the relevant provisions.

KEYWORDS

Deep seabed law, deep seabed policy, national legislation, deep seabed environmental protection, international seabed area

CITE THIS PAPER

Anqi Han, Wenwei Li. Implications for China of National Legislation and Policies on the Deep Seabed in Asia—Japan, Korea and India as Examples. Science of Law Journal (2025) Vol. 4: 54-62. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/DOI: 10.23977/law.2025.040208.

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