On Sino-U.S. Environmental Cooperation's Regimes: Achievements And Challenges

With the intensification of global environmental problems, environmental governance becomes an important part of international relations. Besides, international environmental regimes came into being. China and the U.S. as the world's largest developing country and the only superpower, have a significant influence on the global environmental governance. Through the interaction under the global environmental mechanisms, the coordination under the regional environmental mechanisms and bilateral environmental cooperation, China and the USA has not only played an important role in the global environment governance, but also promoted the development of their bilateral relations.In this paper, the author want use the theories of international regimes, associated with the practice of the current environmental governance, to sort out the regimes between the Sino-US environment cooperation. As well as through the analysis on the cooperation and conflict in this various levels of environmental regimes to make some conclusions on its achievements and problems. Stilly, in order to put forward some modest proposals to be beneficial to Sino-US environmental cooperation. This paper has three parts. Introduction to some that the purpose of writing and research significance, and describes the theory and methods used is the first part. Second part of the article is divided into four chapters:Firstly, International regime theory and International environmental regimes; Secondly, Sino-US environmental cooperation's history and current situations; Thirdly, Sino-US environmental cooperation regimes; Fourthly, the evaluation of Sino-US environmental cooperation regimes. Last part is the conclusion, given some prospects for the future of Sino-US environmental cooperation regimes.The Sino-US environmental cooperation regimes are based on a win-win condition, with a broad expansion space. In the future, its importance will become increasingly strong. China should adhere to the "common but differentiated responsibilities" principle, to advance the global environmental regimes' justice and equitable development; should follow the provisions of existing international environmental regimes, to promote regional environmental mechanisms'building; should implement the scientific development concept, facilitating low carbon economic development, to increase the autonomy and competitive power of foreign environment cooperation.