Сurrent International Situation and Opportunities for Financial Cooperation Between Russia and China

Abstract

The article analyzes in detail the current international situation and possibilities of financial cooperation between Russia and China in the new normal functioning of the world economy. As a result, of the reorientation of Russian foreign trade, the share of the yuan in international trade calculations, domestic and international trade operations of Russia continues to grow. Under these conditions the question of how the Russian economy can get a steady, safe and affordable flow of capital to promote economic structural reforms and optimize the placement of debt currency, as well as how Russian enterprises and financial institutions can get yuan liquidity into their own hands, is becoming an important element of Chinese- Russian financial cooperation in the near future. In the future, Chinese-Russian financial cooperation may continue in the following directions: speedup of the connection of the Chinese payment system CIPS with the Russian SPFS, the creation of an offshore conversion center in yuan in Russia, assistance to the capital management agencies and investment banks of the two countries in conducting preliminary research to enter each other's capital markets, speedup of the construction of a regional currency system through multilateral cooperation mechanisms such as the SCO and BRICS.