Economic Projection of Political Relations between Russia
and China on the Features and Prospects of Development
of Foreign Trade Cooperation of the Irkutsk Region
with the Provinces of China
Author(s)
A. N. Lapshin, D. V. Miroshnikov, D. A. Safronov, E. Yu. Buneeva
Abstract
Political relations between Russia and China have always had ambiguous consequences for the
dynamics of indicators of foreign trade relations at both national and regional levels. For cross-border regions, to which the Irkutsk Region belongs, explicit and implicit political and economic "vibrations" between countries, in connection with Russia's special military operation in Ukraine, in turn, directly and
indirectly affect the state of the region's trade with the provinces of the PRC. The Irkutsk Region has long
been one of the centers of polarization of foreign trade relations with the Northeastern Provinces of the
People's Republic of China. But given the high degree of importance of further implementation of the
"eastern direction" of the foreign trade policy of the Russian Federation due to the increasing deconstruction
of international economic relations “West-East” for the Irkutsk region, the question of its place, role and
status in the trends of Russian-Chinese discourse in the near and medium term is being actualized to determine the prospects for the development of the external economic space of the Irkutsk region. The article
analyzes the dynamics of foreign trade relations between the Irkutsk region and the provinces of China in
order to identify regional traditionally inertial and corrective factors for further adaptation of the region in
the conditions of geopolitical and geo-economic transformation of relations between Russia and China.
Based on the results of the study, conclusions are formulated about the emerging contradictions between
the level of production capabilities and economic needs in bilateral relations between the Irkutsk Region
and the Northeastern Provinces of the PRC, which nevertheless do not prevent the preservation of the leading positions of the Irkutsk region relative to other regions of the eastern economic zone, but suggest the
intensification of existing ties and their geographical diversification.
About the Authors
Lapshin Aleksandr Nikolaevich,
Candidate of Sciences (Philosophy), Associate
Professor, Department of Economics and Trade
Policy,
Irkutsk State University,
1, K. Marx st., Irkutsk, 664003,
Russian Federation,
e-mail: casha_lux@mail.ru
Miroshnikov Dmitry Vasilyevich,
Candidate of Sciences (Economy),
Associate Professor, Department
of Economics and Trade Policy,
Irkutsk State University,
1, K. Marx st., Irkutsk, 664003, Russian
Federation,
e-mail: mirochdv@yandex.ru
Safronov Dmitry Anatolyevich,
Candidate of Sciences (Technics),
Associate Professor, Department
of Economics and Trade Policy,
Irkutsk State University,
1, K. Marx st., Irkutsk, 664003,
Russian Federation,
e-mail: dmsafronov@yandex.ru
Buneeva Evgeniya Yurievna,
Candidate of Sciences (Economy),
Associate Professor, Department
of Real Estate Expertise and Management,
Irkutsk National Research Technical University,
83, Lermontov st., Irkutsk, 664074,
Russian Federation,
e-mail: eug@ex.istu.edu
For citation
Lapshin A. N., Miroshnikov D. V., Safronov D. A., Buneeva E. Yu. Economic Projection of Political Relations between
Russia and China on the Features and Prospects of Development of Foreign Trade Cooperation of the Irkutsk Region with the Provinces
of China. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series Political Science and Religion Studies, 2023, vol. 43, pp. 46-62.
https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3380.2023.43.46 (in Russian)
Keywords
sanctions policy, foreign trade relations, cross-border space, eastern regions of Russia, regional
cooperation.
UDC
338.24 (571.53)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3380.2023.43.46
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