A Study On The Food-Energy-Water Nexus In Trade Between China And SCO Member States

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization has increasingly become an important comprehensive regional cooperation organization,achieving significant development in the field of economic cooperation.However,with the growth of economic cooperation activities,the spatial mismatch and cross regional transfer of production and consumption caused by international trade and investment activities may pose challenges to the resource and environmental sustainability of member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.Scientific assessment of the resource and environmental impacts of trade between China and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries is conducive to promoting the green and sustainable development of international trade cooperation between the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.Based on this,this article uses methods such as environmental multi regional input-output expansion model,structural path analysis,and the construction of ecological inequality index to study the spatial transfer patterns of embodied food,embodied energy and embodied water caused by the increasing international trade and investment activities between China and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries,as well as the sustainability of resource environmental and economic coordination.It also identifies the key paths and sectors of implicit resource transfer.The research results indicate that:(1)Economic activities between the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and other regions of the world have reduced the risk of food shortages in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization,but have increased its water and energy burden;Within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization,China,Russia,and India are the three core countries in the embodied land,energy,and water transfer network;China has shifted the pressure on food and energy to Russia,and the pressure on water resources to India and Pakistan.(2)The transfer of embodied land and energy between China and member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization is beneficial for the sustainable development of resources in the region;In trade with other countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization,China has achieved a "win-win" situation in terms of food,energy,and water resources,while India has reduced its pressure on land,energy,and water resources at the cost of some economic benefits.The degree of ecological inequality in the transfer of embodied land and embodied water between SCO countries is higher than that of embodied energy transfer.(3)The embodied land transfer in China is mainly achieved through indirect means,with the key transfer paths of embodied water and embodied land outflow highly overlapping.The embodied transfer path between China and the countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization involves more types of departments,and its transfer path is also more secretive.The textile,clothing,food processing,and agriculture are key sectors in China’s key collaborative transfer path of embodied food,embodied energy,and embodied water,and the economic benefits brought by these three sectors are far less than the land and water resource costs that need to be paid.Based on the above research conclusions,this article proposes policy recommendations to promote international trade and sustainable development of resources and environment between China and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries from the following aspects:(1)Strengthen international economic cooperation with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization,establish and improve a comprehensive regional resource and environment governance mechanism.(2)Promote industrial upgrading,adjust industrial structure,and avoid excessive dependence on natural resources.(3)Supervise and manage key departments and supply chains to achieve green and sustainable integrated governance of food,energy,and water.(4)Strengthen China’s driving role in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization economy and promote the integration of low and middle-income countries into the global economy on more equal terms.(5)Actively promote circular economy and improve the efficiency of food,energy,and water resource utilization.resource utilization.