Russia's awareness and concerns about high-tech cooperation with China under the new situation: an investigation and research based endogenous perspective of Russia

新形势下俄罗斯对华高技术合作的认知与关切———基于俄罗斯内生视角调查研究

Abstract

With the increasing complexity of the international situation and considering the realistic conditions of high political mutual trust between China and Russia, there is great potential for high-tech cooperation between the two countries. This article is based on a survey and research conducted on the Russian citizen over 25 years old, combined with expert consultation, attempting to demonstrate the overall understanding of the Russian government, think tank community, and society towards high-tech cooperation with China under the new situation. The study found that the Russian society has a strong willingness to cooperate with China under the influence of national strategic choices and has a high overall evaluation, especially in the fields of digital and information technology, and has expectations for the Chinese market environment. Although the scale and intensity of Sino-Russian high-tech cooperation are not as strong as that of Russia-USA and Russia-Europe, China's strategic dominant position in Russia's foreign high-tech cooperation will continue under the impetus of the “common agenda” to counter Western technological sovereignty. Based on the perspective of endogenous Russia, this research conducts an exploratory investigation and research on Russia's awareness and concerns about high-tech cooperation with China under the new situation, which provides clues and basis for promoting the high-quality development of Sino-Russian cooperation in the field of high-tech, and also provides inspiration for decision makers to respond and predict corresponding Russian policies.