Author(s)

Mu Bin ¹, Ye Longjie ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Xinjiang Police College, Urumqi, China

Corresponding Author

Mu Bin

ABSTRACT

Generally speaking, Chinese enterprises are facing a variety of environmental risks in the investment of the countries along the Silk Road Economic Belt, especially in Central Asia. For example, the environmental risk brought by the construction project itself, the environmental regulation risk of the host country, the risk of environmental damage liability, the risk of resolving environmental disputes and the risk of international public opinion and so on. These risks have different degrees of impact due to the natural and economic and social development of the host country, the environmental protection norms system of the host country, international bilateral and multilateral environmental protection rules and domestic environmental protection norms. In the face of many environmental risks, China should learn from the international useful experience and embed the concept of "community with a shared future for mankind" from the perspectives of perfecting norms, enhancing dialogue and improving the way of cooperation. To establish an image of a responsible global power and effectively respond to international public opinion, it is imperative for China to strengthen environmental governance of its enterprises' overseas investments along the Silk Road Economic Belt. In the specific path choice, we can start from the domestic and international levels to build a comprehensive risk prevention system.

KEYWORDS

Silk Road Economic Belt; Outbound Investment; Environmental Protection; a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind; Cooperative Regulation

CITE THIS PAPER

Mu Bin, Ye Longjie, The Coupling of the Concept of "A Community with A Shared Future for Mankind" and Environmental Protection in Foreign Investment. Journal of Sociology and Ethnology (2025) Vol. 7: 14-24. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/jsoce.2025.070402.

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