The Belt and Road Initiative and the Common Heritage of Mankind

Some Preliminary Observations

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ID12779361
AuthorsKeyuan Zou (0000-0002-2868-4948, University of Lancashire, corresponding author), Wenxian Qiu (0000-0002-6952-852X, Zhejiang University)
Year2018
Volume17
Issue3
Pages749-756
Publication date2018-07-24
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChinese Journal of International Law (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1540-1650 • E-ISSN: 1746-9937
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/chinesejil/jmy021
OpenAlexW2888514870
LanguageEN
Citations received2

With the development of global science and technology, the international legal concept of “the common heritage of mankind” (CHM) encounters some dilemma in practice. This editorial comment attempts to discuss the ongoing developments of the CHM concept in the context of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) put forward by China, and then the interplay between the two concepts. It is argued that the inherent elements of the CHM concept, such as co-management, co-benefit, and co-participation, are well reflected in the BRI. Moreover, the BRI can also reinforce the dynamic extension of the CHM concept in the above three key elements. As a new international public good, the BRI is aimed at reasonable allocation and sharing of international resources following the CHM concept, and correspondingly this concept can strengthen the theoretical basis of the BRI facilitating its entry into the centre of the international stage

China · Context (archaeology · Dilemma · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Extension (predicate logic · Geography · Law and economics · Political science · Sociology · Computer Science · International Development and Aid · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Public health and occupational medicine · Law · Philosophy

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