Abstract: The resources of the international seabed area are listed as the common heritage of mankind by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea because of theirs outstanding economic, scientific research and military value. China's concept of "Maritime Community with a Shared Future" provides a theoretical basis and new strategic ideas for improving the exploitation of the international seabed area resources. However, China is faced with some legal difficulties in seabed resources exploitation: the principle of "common heritage of mankind" being distorted, the parallel system constrained, serious pollution in resources exploitation and the faulty definition of the exploitation subject in reserved areas. Therefore, under the guidance of "Maritime Community with a Shared Future", China must participate in the resources exploitation in the international seabed areas by building the leading status of the "area" rules, strengthening the legal protection of the marine environment, enriching the legal connotation of "resources", optimizing the provisions of the exploitation subject of the "area", and improving the license system.

Key words: Maritime Community with a Shared Future, common heritage of mankind, United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the international seabed area, paralleled system, marine environmental protection