Study Of The Compliance Behavior Of The International System

Since the end of World War II, especially after the 1970s, the strengthening role of the international institutions has become one of the most spectacular phenomena in international politics. Correspondingly, the study on international institutions is one of the most dynamic areas in international studies now. And the research of compliance lies in the core position among the various sub-areas of international institutions. In recent years, the global climate change results in lots of climate disasters, and the negotiations on "Kyoto Protocol" is preceding in twists and turns. Under this background, international climate regime has become the forefront to carry out compliance study.This paper is intended to explore incentives of China on the voluntary compliance with the "Kyoto Protocol". The specific issue to be resolved is that, China has approved the "Kyoto Protocol", but according to the provisions of the relative treaty, China has no obligations to shoulder any responsibility to reduce the emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas currently; but in fact, China has taken great efforts to improve the environmental conditions, control the emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas in recent years. Therefore, this article is to work out this paradox problem.Based on the neo-realism, neo-liberal institutionalism and social constructivism theory, this paper defines the conception of compliance and designs a set of observations to measure compliance factors including coercion, cost/benefit calculation, and reputation, domestic politics and national socialization. China's incentives on voluntary compliance with the "Kyoto Protocol" are mainly related to political pressure, cost/benefit calculation and reputation; domestic politics indeed has an impact on compliance, but the efficiency of the this impact, and its degree and depth are still unclear; the impact of socialization is relatively small. In short, China's voluntary compliance arises from China's national interest.