Legal Drivers for Environmental Governance Capacity Building and Corporate Ecological Investment Decisions in Shaanxi Province

Abstract

Corporate ecological investment decisions are deeply constrained by legal rules, and the level of environmental governance capacity building in a region directly affects the efficiency of legal rule implementation. Taking Shaanxi Province as the object of analysis, this study explores the jurisprudential foundation of environmental governance capacity, the legal driving mechanisms, and the actual characteristics of the regional legal environment. The research constructs a theoretical framework of governance capacity by examining the normative constituent elements, the generative mechanisms of the legal rule system, and the configuration logic of legal instruments from the perspective of incentive compatibility. On this basis, it analyzes the driving pathways through which the delimitation of legal liability boundaries, the allocation of legal obligations, and legal certainty affect corporate ecological investment decisions. In response to the legal regulatory characteristics of resource-dependent industries in Shaanxi Province, the governance capacity gaps within the local regulatory system, and the distribution of legal risks, this study proposes collaborative pathways driven by the rule of law, including strategies for enhancing the marginal benefits of legal incentive mechanisms, mechanisms for resolving legal uncertainty, and a collaborative evolution model of governance capacity and rule-of-law drivers. This research aims to reveal how legal rules influence corporate ecological investment preferences through liability allocation and incentive structures, and to provide a theoretical reference for optimizing the regional rule-of-law environment.