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The Arctic Ocean is rich in hydrocarbon, mineral and vast unexploited deposits and an extensive portion of the world's unexploited resources like deposits of iron, diamond, oil and natural gas have been far off in this region. The Arctic's resources are estimated worth billions of dollars, approximately $290 billion a year. 70 percent of this area falls within Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) of Border States. In this new era for the Arctic, is the legal and regulatory environment capable of dealing with significant new FDI and at the same time protecting it? It can be answered to only an extent. Few reports take stock of current FDI patterns at the transactional level with a particular focus on Chinese activity. It explored details like China's strategy and its past FDI with other countries, comparison of FDI laws of six main Border States which might have a moral obligation for Arctic's environmental status [3]. The reports which were conducted relating to FDI in the Arctic suggested a few approaches in order to ensure and promote proper regulation and surveillance of the same. Set of FDI review criteria were the Arctic development code along with its formation and functions were established. These approaches made an effort to minimize the potential that one state could, by setting lower standards and norms, disobey the environmental and labour guidelines related with resource extraction. The Arctic Development Bank would furnish private engineers with admittance to nearby funding to back framework and asset or resource extraction ventures.There are some major trends helping this region with future developments; climatic changes, accessibility of potential resources, possible sea routes for transportation, technology and innovation. Extractive industries when considered these trends, led to another significant Arctic trend, investment. New technologies and innovations might put pressure on investors in Canada, US, Iceland and Norway and drive them to provide greater safety and efficiency eventually protecting the Arctic's environment. In a wider sense, it is not just the responsibility of the above-mentioned six states but the world as a whole can build regional cooperative mechanisms to insure proper development and regulated FDI with suitable infrastructure and enhanced disaster response capabilities. Socio-economic risks are often involved with instant growth and development and might affect underdeveloped countries. To avoid this situation, uncommon consideration should be taken to guarantee that advancement happens in a dependable way and guarantees that the states or countries that are the beneficiaries of the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) are fit for checking it, controlling the basic actions, instituting shields if a venture fails and the foreign proprietors cannot be considered monetarily meaningful. As a result of restricted infrastructure, the assets in that region will require greater investments to be extracted. In order to meet the possible high working costs even the best operators and investors will need to merge together. The governance of the Arctic is overseen through nonbinding agreements expedited inside the Arctic Council. These agreements plot methodology for reaction to vessels in trouble, environmental accidents and not submit nations to a lawful strategy or make assets accessible. There is additionally no system for remunerations between states for costs from any kind of accidents like natural disasters and climatic changes.