Mendeley TY _ JOUR ID - 140008095025791 TI - China Regime-building in the Persian Gulf; China-Persian Gulf Cooperation Council Free Trade Area JO - International Organizations Quarterly JA - ES LA - fa SN - 6701 ـ 2345 AU - AU - Ramezani Ahmad AD - حقوق و علوم سیاسی AD - Y1 - 2022 PY - 2022 VL - 13 IS - SP - 627 EP - 657 KW - ChinaFree Trade AreaPersian Gulf Cooperation CouncilRegime Building DO - N2 - Regime building is considered as one of China's tools to expand and deepen cooperation with the other parties, the use of which has been continuously increasing. The main question of the present study is why has China moved towards regime-building with Persian Gulf Cooperation Council? The present article argues in an explanatory Method that China has turned to regime-building with Persian Gulf Cooperation Council in order to gain and maximize its economic interests. The findings show that China began talks to establish a China-Persian Gulf Cooperation Council Free Trade Area to boost economic trade ($ 25 billion in 2004). This increased trade volume to more than $ 90 billion in 2008 and to more than $ 180 billion in 2019. China is currently expanding its free trade area to other areas, especially trade in services and investments. The theoretical framework and the method of data collection of the present article are the theory of international interest-based regimes and documentary, respectively. UR - rimag.ir/en/Article/37865 L1 - rimag.ir/en/Article/Download/37865 ER -