Foreign Economic Relations of the People’s Republic of China

The dynamics of the growth of foreign trade turnover of the People’s Republic of China over seven decades is shown, and the main features of the modern trade and geographical structure of exports and imports are identified. The author focuses on China’s trade in services, Beijing’s attraction of foreign investment, and the export of Chinese capital. The features of the leading territorial forms of the country’s foreign economic openness—special economic zones and experimental free trade zones—are considered. The place of Russia in the foreign trade of China at the present stage is shown.