The article analyzes the concept of foreign policy of the People's Republic of China. The basis of this concept is seen in the "White Paper". The document was published in 2015. It stresses that China pursues a policy of exclusively defensive character. Official foreign policy strategy of the country based on conceptual ideas: the five principles of peaceful coexistence, the theory of "peace and development" Deng Xiaoping theory "harmonious world" concept "Chinese dream" Xi Jinping.