The Path of China's Participation in Global Ocean Governance: Based on SWOT-PEST matrix analysis

The goal of "deep participation in global ocean governance" is clearly proposed in the outline of the 14th Five-Year Plan, which is of great significance for China to build maritime power. This paper introduced the concept of global ocean governance based on governance theory, compared the development history of global ocean governance, constructed a SWOT-PEST matrix to analyze the advantages and disadvantages, opportunities and challenges of China's participation in global ocean governance, and proposed strategic choices and practical paths for China's deep participation in global ocean governance based on the analysis results. The results showed that global ocean governance had gone through three development stages including ocean controling and competition, development and rule building, and deep adjustment and evolution. China's participation in global ocean governance was roughly divided into four stages including passive participation, active participation, full participation and deep participation, and China's influence and voice in global ocean governance was gradually increasing. The internal advantages of China's participation in global ocean governance outweighed its disadvantages, and the external threats outweighed its opportunities, and the strategic choice of path should be transitioned from the current stage of diversified strategy to the future growth strategy. The practical path for China's participation in global ocean governance included promoting the concept of ocean governance, enhancing the capacity of ocean governance, improving the regulation of global ocean governance and building an ocean cooperation platform.