Research On Regional Economic Cooperation Around The Himalayas In The New Era

The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has a unique geo-strategic position.According to British geopolitical strategic scholar Mac Kinder in late 19th century,located between South Asia,West Asia,Central Asia and East Asia,the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is a very important part in the heart of Eurasia.It is precisely because of its special geo-strategic position that Tibet was once the object of contention by the great powers in history.It outlines and depicts the regional customs and folklore characteristics of the inhabitants of the Himalayas.Judging from the current social development process,the economic and social development of the region around the Himalayas will not only directly affect the quality of life and the happiness index of the local residents,but also affect the stability of China's border areas and even the smooth development of "Belt and Road"cooperation.It will also have something to do with the relationship between China,India,Nepal,Bangladesh and other countries in the region.And from the long-term perspective of regional integration,without the simultaneous economic and social development of the region around the Himalayas,the rise of Asia is bound to become empty talk.Therefore,it can be seen that whether or not economic cooperation of the region around the Himalayas can be advanced in an orderly manner is obviously extremely important not only for the countries in the region,especially for Asia as a whole.It is also an inevitable test of how developing countries can achieve the self-optimization of their income through cooperation at a time when the current"reverse globalization"phenomenon is on the rise.In recent years,China has made great achievements in economic and social development,which makes it possible for China to provide development assistance to neighboring countries within its capabilities.Pushing forward the construction and promotion of "OBOR",proposing to build a community of human destinies,the gradual landing of China's foreign policy of"affinity,sincerity,favor and tolerance",and how to promote economic cooperation of the region around the Himalayas,involve not only the practical issues of how to govern and build the internal borders of a country,but also the practical thinking of whether the interdependence theory can effectively explain the current situation in the process of economic development during the exploring of interaction between the role of the state and the regional market.Throughout the current academic circle,there has been a lot of research on the economic and social development and opening to the outside world in the southwestern border areas of China.Relatively speaking,in the current new situation,the research of feasible path and theoretical follow-up explanation on how to further cooperate on the Himalayan region in order to enhance the quality and gold content of the cooperation,how to enhance the sense of acquisition of the residents of the region as a result of further cooperation,how to cooperate to enhance the affinity and interdependence between countries,and how to make the further integration of Asia as an example and to lead the world to develop is not enough.Based on the needs of theory and reality,this paper intends to make an analysis of the current situation of economic cooperation,the characteristics of the situation,the main obstacle factors,the feasible path and so on in the Himalayan region.On the basis of the theory of geopolitical economics,location and interdependence,this paper makes a systematic study on the related issues of transnational sub-regional economic cooperation.At the same time,considering the current situation of economic development and the main problems existing in the region around the Himalayas,this paper considers and studies the modes of cooperation and feasible plans for the development of the region,hoping to interpret and provide some valuable research for the economic and social development of the region around the Himalayas from the theoretical and practical two levels.This paper is divided into the introduction part and the text.The introduction part mainly focus on domestic and foreign related research review,as well as the background of the topic,the significance,objectives,main research content,research methods and technical routes of the paper.The aim is to develop a new research perspective on the basis of summarizing the previous research results in the theoretical level.In practice,it can accurately grasp the direction of China's overall national strategy,especially the cross-regional cooperation around it,so as to provide a basis for the interpretation and future adjustment of our neighboring countries'policies,especially the policies of South Asia.While providing suggestions for China's anti-secession struggle and border stability,this paper tries to explore the Chinese plan to construct the realization path of human destiny community,and provide feedback basis for China's international responsibility and policy effect evaluation.The main contents of the body are summarized as follows:Chapter 1.Focusing on the related concepts of the study,the regional interdependence theory,regional spatial interaction theory,location theory,geopolitical economy theory and so on are analyzed and defined in depth.It provides a theoretical basis for the study of regional economic cooperation of the region around the Himalayas,fully discusses the necessity and feasibility of the construction of the economic cooperation zone of the region around the Himalayas,and clarifies the research direction and the space for discussion in this paper.Chapter 2 evaluates the current economy develop situation and challenges of regional economic cooperation around Himalaya.This part mainly analyses the characteristics of regional economic cooperation in the Himalaya region from the perspectives of the latest economic development of each country in the region and those countries'economic and trade with China.On this basis,this chapter further explores the interactive factors of regional economic cooperation in the Himalaya region,such as competition and cooperation,how to control economic power and so on.Meanwhile,here also analyses the consequence of trade protectionism and corruption.Chapter 3 summarizes the main characteristics and development trend of regional economic cooperation around Himalaya.From the perspective of development trend,the strengthening of cross-border economic and trade links among countries in the Himalaya Rim region is one of the important trends that the economic development of the region is showing.The increasing imbalance of trade and the vulnerability of energy security supply also need to be paid attention to.It is worth emphasizing that the great game of the local power among the major powers in the region,especially between China and India,has intensified,and the competition among them already has surpassed Himalaya.This chapter especially argues that countries in the region should actively hedge the potential uncertain impact of the adjustment of economic and political policies of major powers,especially the United States,by promoting the institutional arrangements of transnational sub-regional cooperation in the medium and long term space-time environment.In Chapter 4,on the basis of the studies mentioned above and the actual situation of the region around the Himalayas,the factors that may affect the economic cooperation in the Himalayan region are studied,such as the strategic mutual doubt between China and India;fragile India-Pakistan relations;the long-existing zero-sum game thinking and negative emotions among countries in South Asia.In addition,it also makes an overview and analysis of the major world powers and other countries and regions around the main positions and views of the Himalayan regional economic cooperation.It analyzes the main functions and roles of current relevant international and regional organizations such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization,the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and others,as well as the latest position and action of international non-governmental organizations such as environmental protection organizations,human rights organizations on this issue.Through the correlation national historical interaction track combing and the related national emotion factor,this chapter also carries out the analysis on the deep level factors that may influence the economic cooperation of the region around the Himalayas.Chapter 5 deeply comments on the path of regional economic cooperation around Himalaya in the new era.This chapter focuses on the specific feasibility plan of regional economic cooperation in Himalaya under the background of "one belt and one road",mainly from different angles such as the layout of cooperation space,the leading force of cooperation,and the specific areas of cooperation.As the key part of this chapter,the spatial distribution of regional economic cooperation in Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar,China-Nepal-India,China-Pakistan-Afghanistan and China-Sri Lanka-Pakistan-Maldives is presented through demonstration,and the construction of pilgrim road and the development of cultural industry are emphasized.The eastward shift of the world economic axis and the increasing trend of internal linkage in Asia are also discussed.Chapter 6 mainly talks about the innovation of regional economic cooperation mode and mechanism improvement around Himalaya.Based on the analysis of industrial project cooperation mode from the perspective of value chain,the value effect of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is analyzed and judged.Aiming at the unique cultural inheritance and social environment in the region,the paper try to put forward strengthening the construction of emotional ties and empathy environment.Combining with the existing mechanisms,this paper classifies and analyzes the functions of the new cooperation platform,and puts forward the idea that the key point should be to strengthen the bilateral mechanism construction between countries.In general,by reviewing and analyzing the development context of the mechanism construction of regional economic cooperation around Himalaya,and on this basis,combing out some characteristic practices of the mechanism of regional economic cooperation around Himalaya in the new era and making suggestions for its future improvement.As a case study part,Chapter 7 mainly discusses a series of progress of water environmental governance in South Asia,and deeply analyzes the various problems in water environment governance.The competition for water resources in South Asia has not only seriously affected the normal relations between countries and even become the catalyst of the current tension in the South Asian region,but the international community has participated in the development of the water environment in South Asia,and the great power game has aggravated the regional contradictions.At present,the developing road for South Asian countries in the water environment management cooperation can be described as a series of twists and turns.The special"historical memory"in South Asia leads to the difficulty of mutual identification of the concept of symbiosis of destiny,and the lack of??strategic mutual trust"restricts the expansion of friendly relations at the national level.The author believes that all parties concerned should also seize the opportunity of the transformation of social and economic integration in South Asia and take the participation in water environmental governance as an opportunity to further promote the development of economic governance in South Asia towards a more rational multilateral cooperation situation.They should form the interdependence between each other under the new situation,and finally promote the integration and development of South Asia and regional prosperity.Chapter 8 is the evaluation part of the main points?"Spillover Effect"discussed in this Doctoral Dissertation.This part will not only response for the reason write this paper is try to find a way to solve historical Issue and improve political trust by economy cooperation,but also for a try to give new thoughts on how to cooperate between different countries from the theoretical level.This part discusses how to achieve the expected geopolitical benefits through geo-functionalist cooperation,and divides it into four sections according to the important levels of the goals.The first section is about the index elaboration of the reconstruction space of economy cooperation of the Himalayan regional overall economic order,and through make the research and Analysis on the experience,main influential variables and possible"grey zone"of the economic order reconstruction behavior of the major powers in China and India.Section two and three focus on the solution of the traditional historical legacy of political economic cooperation and the promotion of strategic mutual trust.Of particular importance is the expectation that such activities as possible national separatism and religious extremism in the region can be solved through economic development.Focus on the interpretation and evaluation of the low-intensity arms race under the background of rapid development of high technology,including the analysis of the effectiveness of the existence of large strategic mechanisms.Section four focuses on the ideological level of Shared Future,It mainly discusses how to strengthen the interaction frequency and personnel exchanges from the economic level to bring new behavioral"norms"to the regional society order,especially to neighbor powers how to take governance together and let the local have a prosperous future.The last part of the paper is the academic summary of the research,including the basic conclusions,the innovation,the deficiency of the research and the problems to be further studied.