The Cooperation of Marine Spatial Planning Between China and Countries Along the Silk Road Under the Background of 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road: motivations, challenges and paths

Abstract

Deepening the all-round cooperation between China and the countries along the Maritime Silk Road is an important driving force for the transformation of the Belt and Road Initiative to high-quality development. Strengthening cooperation in marine spatial planning with countries along the Silk Road should be an important part of the Maritime Silk Road construction and Blue Partnership. On the basis of sorting out the evolution of international and domestic marine spatial planning, the paper discussed the reasons for strengthening the cooperation in marine spatial planning among China and countries along the route. The challenges of lack of understanding of marine science, and difficulties in cross-border data management, etc., were deeply analyzed. In order to further promote the cooperation between China and countries along the route, the cooperation methods and strategies were put forward, such as constructing a land-sea integrated territorial space planning system, creating a focal point for marine spatial planning cooperation, constructing a "trinity" main body layout and establishing a multi-dimensional standardized cooperation mechanism.

Keywords

• 21st-century maritime silk road
• countries along the route
• marine spatial planning cooperation
• blue partnership