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<article xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" article-type="research-article" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><issn publication-format="print">2072-6414</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2411-1406</issn></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17059/ekon.reg.2026-3-8</article-id><title-group xml:lang="en"><article-title>China’s Investment Strategy: Prospects for Cooperation with Russia</article-title></title-group><title-group xml:lang="ru"><article-title>Инвестиционная стратегия Китая: перспективы сотрудничества с Россией</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7666-6509</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Turaeva</surname><given-names>Madina O.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Тураева</surname><given-names>Мадина Октамовна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>m.o.turaeva@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5579-4458</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Yakovlev</surname><given-names>Artem A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Яковлев</surname><given-names>Артём Александрович</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>ikovlevartem@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Институт экономики РАН</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Lomonosov Moscow State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">МГУ имени М. В. Ломоносова</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" publication-format="electronic" iso-8601-date="2026-09-29"><day>29</day><month>09</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><pub-date date-type="collection" iso-8601-date="2026-09-29"><day>29</day><month>09</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>22</volume><issue>3</issue><fpage>579</fpage><lpage>596</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2026-02-08"><day>08</day><month>02</month><year>2026</year></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2026-07-03"><day>03</day><month>07</month><year>2026</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright © 2026 Madina O. Turaeva, Artem A. Yakovlev</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright © 2026 Мадина Октамовна Тураева, Артём Александрович Яковлев</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Madina O. Turaeva, Artem A. Yakovlev</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Мадина Октамовна Тураева, Артём Александрович Яковлев</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read/><license license-type="open-access" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>CC BY 4.0</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri content-type="html" mimetype="text/html" xlink:title="article webpage" xlink:href="https://economyofregions.org/ojs/index.php/er/article/view/1500">https://economyofregions.org/ojs/index.php/er/article/view/1500</self-uri><self-uri content-type="pdf" mimetype="application/pdf" xlink:title="article pdf" xlink:href="https://economyofregions.org/ojs/index.php/er/article/download/1500/1554">https://economyofregions.org/ojs/index.php/er/article/download/1500/1554</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Analysis of Russian-Chinese investment cooperation is constrained by incomplete statistical data, differences in investment accounting methodologies, and the closure of Russian foreign economic statistics in 2022. To address these limitations, this article consolidates and compares data from publicly available sources for 2022–2025, including UNCTAD statistics on FDI flows, Eurasian Development Bank monitoring data, data from the National Bureau of Statistics of the People’s Republic of China, Chinese customs statistics on trade flows, and information on ongoing investment projects from industry reports. The findings demonstrate that China’s capital export strategy, which has transformed the country into a major global investor, is driven in part by contemporary geopolitical challenges and contributes to addressing structural challenges within the Chinese economy. At the same time, the scale of investment cooperation between Russia and China remains below the level suggested by the strength of their political and trade relations. By the beginning of 2025, China’s global outward FDI stock had reached $3.14 trillion. However, since 2016, Chinese investment stock in Russia has accounted for less than 1 % of China’s total global investment stock, with the highest share of 0.7 % recorded in 2022. Most Chinese investments in Russia are concentrated in resource extraction and processing, infrastructure, and the establishment of joint ventures, particularly in the automotive sector. Joint projects aimed at producing high-tech products for the nuclear energy sector are also becoming increasingly promising. Recommendations for expanding bilateral investment cooperation include strengthening intergovernmental dialogue to mitigate the risks of secondary sanctions, establishing joint investment funds, developing priority development areas in border regions, and simplifying visa and administrative procedures for businesses.</p></abstract><abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Анализ российско-китайского инвестиционного сотрудничества в настоящее время довольно затруднителен ввиду отсутствия полноты статистических данных, связанного с разным подходом к учету инвестиций в Китае, России и международных организациях, а также с закрытием российской внешнеэкономической статистики с 2022 г. В статье агрегируются и сопоставляются данные из открытых источников за период 2022–2025 гг.: статистика UNCTAD по движению ПИИ, мониторинги Евразийского банка развития, данные Национального бюро статистики КНР, таможенная статистика Китая по товарным потокам, а также информация о реализуемых инвестиционных проектах из отраслевых отчетов. Результаты показывают, что стратегия Китая по экспорту капитала, превратившая его в ключевого глобального инвестора, во многом становится ответом на современные геополитические вызовы и помогает решать внутренние проблемы китайской экономики. Между тем, уровень инвестиционного взаимодействия между Россией и Китаем отстает от близости политических и торговых связей двух стран. К началу 2025 г. объем накопленных китайских ПИИ в мире достиг 3,14 трлн долл., тогда как доля накопленных Китаем инвестиций в России после 2016 г. не достигала и 1 % общего объема запасов китайских инвестиций в странах мира (наибольшее значение этого показателя — 0,7 % — пришлось на 2022 г.). Основной масштаб этих инвестиций сосредоточен в ресурсодобывающей и перерабатывающей инфраструктуре, включая строительство совместных предприятий, в том числе в области автомобилестроения. Все более выгодными становятся совместные проекты по производству высокотехнологичной продукции для атомной энергетики. Рекомендации по решению проблем наращивания двустороннего сотрудничества касаются углубления межправительственного диалога для снижения рисков вторичных санкций, создания совместных инвестиционных фондов, развития приграничных территорий опережающего развития и упрощения визовых и административных процедур для бизнеса.</p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>China’s investment strategy</kwd><kwd>Russian-Chinese cooperation</kwd><kwd>Belt and Road Initiative</kwd><kwd>foreign direct investment</kwd><kwd>anti-Russian sanctions</kwd><kwd>technology cooperation</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>инвестиционная стратегия Китая</kwd><kwd>российско-китайское сотрудничество</kwd><kwd>инициатива «Пояс и путь»</kwd><kwd>прямые иностранные инвестиции</kwd><kwd>антироссийские санкции</kwd><kwd>технологическое взаимодействие</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body/><back><ref-list><ref id="en-ref1"><label>1</label><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Andreeva, E. L., Ratner, A. 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