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China’s Maritime Silk Road Initiative and the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage

In: The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law
Author:
Ran Guo Associate Professor, East China Normal University China

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Online Publication Date:
18 Sep 2017
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Abstract

China’s 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road Initiative urges the protection of underwater cultural heritage on the Maritime Silk Road, which demands China’s effort as much as that of international community. The Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage (unesco Convention) provides an international legal framework for China to protect underwater cultural heritage and facilitate cooperation with other State Parties. China’s concerns over ratifying the unesco Convention mainly relate to its jurisdiction, ownership and international obligations on the issue, which can be solved with the basic principles and a revision of Chinese laws. China’s ratification will ensure the international protection of underwater cultural heritage on the Maritime Silk Road; and more importantly, it will provide an opportunity for the joint development in the South China Sea, thus breaking the bottleneck of the Maritime Silk Road Initiative. Therefore, China should ratify the unesco Convention.

Title:
China’s Maritime Silk Road Initiative and the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/15718085-12323033
Language:
English
Pages:
510–543
Keywords:
Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage; underwater cultural heritage; Maritime Silk Road Initiative; China
In:
The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law
In:
Volume 32: Issue 3
Publisher:
Brill | Nijhoff
E-ISSN:
1571-8085
Print ISSN:
0927-3522
Subjects:
Law of the Sea, International Law

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