The article relates of the XXIII International Scientific and Practical Conference “China, Chinese Civilization and the World: History, Modernity, Prospects” which has taken place in Moscow. More than 120 Russian and over 40 Chinese scientists took part in the conference, including those from the Institute of Modern China, China People’s University, Jiaotong University, the Institute of New History of China, as well as specialists from Germany, Serbia, Belarus, Ukraine.

In addition to the Moscow Sinologists, experts from St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Ulan-Ude, Kyakhta, Chita, Blagoveshchensk, Khabarovsk and Vladivostok participated in the conference.

After the plenary session, at which 9 scientific reports were heard, presentations and discussions continued in the section and at the round tables on the subject: Silk Road Economic Belt: Problems and Prospects, History of the Great Tea Road, Chinese Economy, PRC Foreign Policy, PRC Internal Policy. China: history and modernity, Spiritual culture of China (philosophy, religion), Chinese language, education, literature, art.

The theses of the reports can be found in the collection “Theses of the reports of the XXIII International Scientific Conference“ China, Chinese Civilization and the World. History, modernity,

Opening the work of the conference director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies, RAS, Professor G.Luzyanin emphasized that China today has become a serious global player in the international arena, possessing the second economic potential in the world and an impressive defense potential allowing it to pursue an active foreign policy. The Ambassador of China to Russia, Li Hui, in his speech thanked the Institute of the Far East for organizing such an important conference and noted the great role of the Institute in the development of Russian-Chinese relations.