К вопросу о формировании арктической политики Китайской Народной Республики

The relevance of the study of the formation of the arctic policy of China is explained by the increased geopolitical and geo-economic importance of the Arctic for the implementation of foreign policy in the 19th century. The purpose and objectives of the study are to identify the main stages of the development of China's arctic positions, starting from the end of the twentieth century to the present, as well as to characterize the main directions of the Arctic policy of China. To solve these tasks, the methodological historical retrospection and the method of comparative analysis became the necessary methodological tools. As a result of the study, the authors came to the conclusion that the most active activities of China in the Arctic took place in the last few years and give reason to talk about the priorities of China in research and development the Arctic region in the 21st century, such as: the economic sphere (the development of transport and trade routes, access to the Arctic resources), the sphere of the Arctic climate research taking into account the effects of climate change on China, the sphere of international legal issues of the status of the Arctic, the sphere of cooperation with the Arctic countries and their university centers in scientific and practical programs for studying the Arctic. Authors came to the conclusion that the coming decades will be determined by the serious geopolitical and geo-economic pressure of the Chinese side on the exploitation of the Arctic wealth, since the “growing giant” is already “closely” within the modest role that the Arctic countries have taken to China.