A Study Of Legal Issues On Environment Protection In Bilateral Investment Treaties

Bilateral investment treaties (referred to as "BIT") is an agreement signed by two countries’governments to encourage investments. Through consultation and access conditions, investment treatment, expropriation dispute settlement and distribution of rights and obligations, so as to promote cross-border investment between. BIT supply from promoting and shelter on the legal aspects of the bilateral investment. The existing of so many bilateral investment treaties on environment protection to scanty, near one of the few countries in the signing of bilateral investment agreements with other countries when the environmental provisions incorporated.In today’s society, the international community increasingly face international between countries the problem of environmental pollution caused by investment, environmental protection has become a major legal issues facing international investors and multinational wage. In the past only to investment liberalization and investment protection for the purpose and the leading international investment legislation mode, continuously receives more and more international criticism. Many scholars think, investment treaty aims at promoting global development, investment liberalization and protection is just one of the many means to achieve this goal. Environmental factors can have a major impact on the international bilateral investment activities, in the international bilateral investment activity; the issue of environmental protection has become more and more overseas investor’s important factor.China as victors of World War II and a permanent member of the United Nations, in the correct guidance of the leaders of the country today, China’s political position and the right of discourse in the world is more and more high, hi China’s economic development today, second of the world GDP vividly. A peaceful rise of big countries should have a responsible attitude, in the process of rise, not at the expense of his country’s interests as the cost, in the environment for human survival at the expense of. In China continue to expand overseas investment scale of the tide, China to the world progress contribution should not only stay in the economic level, but more important is the protection of the environment. China is famous in the world, not only as an investment destination, but in recent years, with the development of the economy began to shift to the emerging of foreign investment of china. How to regulate the environmental problems of the investment in a challenge for the Chinese investors to invest in the activity, the author separately from the level of domestic law and international law level (bilateral investment treaties) describes the attitude and Countermeasures for China to overseas investment environmental problems.