HUMANITARIAN COOPERATION IN THE SILK ROAD FORMAT AS A PRIORITY AREA OF THE INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN RUSSIA AND CHINA

The integration of the Russian Federation into world international relations is closely linked with the development of the cultural context of other states. This makes the development of intercultural communication one of the priority humanitarian tasks. Such cooperation between Russia and China in the format of the Great Silk Road is of scientific and practical interest.

In established meaning phrases “Silk Road” has become widely used in science. At the same time, the Silk Road itself has never been a highway. Archaeologists have found only scattered and changing their location caravan paths, converging only at oases and cities. Experts believe that the very fact of the emergence and existence for two thousand years of the Great Silk Road is the unique communication project in the history of human civilization. This way contributed to transmission for Central Asia and Europe advanced achievements of Chinese science and technology, religious and philosophical beliefs. Its fate attracts increased attention of domestic and foreign researchers.

The creative potential of the Great Silk Road is in demand in modern China., A modernized version of the Silk Road has adopted by leadership under the title “One the belt — one way”. It allows China to come up with this initiative as a new global humanitarian project.

This sphere is the main part of the general cooperation between Russia and China. The science of high technology, tourism, media, become as independent spheres with its objectives and perspectives.

In this sphere there is a significant breakthrough in Russian-Chinese relations achieved an unprecedented high level of trust. The created favorable conditions for the development of intercultural communication take into account the mentality of the two nations, the priority of public interest over private, the traditional hierarchical organization of political life. The Chinese leadership praised the gesture of Russian President V. Putin, the first of the heads of major powers, to express solidarity with China in the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic. Russia also became the first country to send experts to provide the medical care for Wuhan.

Numerous facts and trends indicate that Russian-Chinese cooperation has stood the test of time, demonstrating a strong socio-political foundation and high stability. For 8 months of 2020, the volume of bilateral trade amounted to 68.6 billion dollars, which is in line with the previous year. A “roadmap” is being developed to achieve a trade turnover of $ 200 billion by 2024.

The results of the public opinion poll in 2020 became a confirmation of good neighborliness. They showed a high assessment by ordinary Russians and Chinese of the ongoing transformations, the level of intercultural communication. The new official documents demonstrate that the parties intend to further strengthen cooperation.

Keywords: Russia, China, intercultural communication, the Great Silk Road, the Russian-Chinese relationship, the cooperation