Japan And South Korea In Regional Economic Cooperation Under The Framework Of Cooperation In Environmental Protection

Against the backdrop of economic globalization and regional economic integration, much has been achieved in the economic cooperation in east Asian region, in which China, Japan and South Korea are included. The development of regional economic cooperation entails the relevant development of these three nations' cooperation in the political sphere. But troubled by problems in some historical and current issues, there is little chance for these three nations to make any breakthrough in their political cooperation. Given this situation, cooperation in environmental protection between these three nations is of great significance.These three nations' cooperation in environmental protection is very conducive to the deepening of their economic cooperation. The industry of environmental protection provides a very promising scope of cooperation that has great potentials. Differences in these three nations' environmental situation and in the levels of their industry of environmental protection constitute the premise of their cooperation, and the achievements in environmental protection at governmental as well as non-governmental levels has laid down realistic foundation for further cooperation in this aspect. These three nations' cooperation in environmental protection is full of prospects.Smooth cooperation in environmental protection can help improve the environment situation and provide good environment for their economic development, and it can give great impetus to the maintenance, improvement and promotion of the relations between these three nations.