China believes that the possibility of a country establishing a favorable international environment for itself is an indicator of whether it can become a great power. The superpowers believe that they can keep certain buffer zones and preventive measures while not being directly threatened, and thus keep any looming threats outside their borders. Therefore, China is preparing to build a regional maritime military power for its own security as a great power.

First, we want to create a buffer zone for the maintenance and security of our forces in the Pacific and Atlantic. Today, the great powers believe that the best way to maintain and defend their interests is not to build a Great Wall of China at sea, but to transcend that line and mitigate external and potential threats through active political, economic, and military actions beyond their core interests. China also believes that its territorial waters are currently limited to the coastal waters within the first island chain, which could put it at a very disadvantageous position in the future competition with other countries. Based on past experience, it wants to create a certain buffer zone in the waters of the northwest Pacific and Indian Ocean outside the first island chain, as threats it may face in the ocean could originate in the Pacific and Indian Oceans as well. It believed that advancing outside the First Island Chain to announce its political influence and military presence was an important foundation for preventive diplomacy and military action.

Second, it is judged that it is necessary to create a relatively safe and protective and friendly regional environment in international trade sea routes. China has four international trade sea routes, one each to the east, west, north and south, with the western route being the most important. In particular, the Indian Ocean has become an important region where major powers have been fighting for global hegemony for the past 300 years, and as a region that hegemonic powers have controlled, it is strategically very important as about 50% of the world's explored oil reserves are located in this region. Today, almost all the great powers are conducting military activities in the Indian Ocean. China also has important interests in the Indian Ocean, so it is impossible for it to give up strengthening its military power. Therefore, China is also reducing the threat to its merchant ships in the region through military power and diplomatic restraint, and strengthening its territorial waters for free navigation. Furthermore, the Atlantic Ocean is considered a treasure trove of rare metals such as chromium, uranium, manganese, platinum, and gold, as well as many strategic mineral resources.