Partnership between Russia and China in the environmental sphere

The factual basis of the publication is the analysis of the relationship between the Russian Federation (RF) and the People's Republic of China (PRC) in environmental protection and interstate cooperation in environmental reforms. Environmental issues have become one of the top agenda items, since after several qualitative civilizational leaps in the history of mankind; the world community has faced problems in protecting the environment and realized the role of minimizing human impact on nature. The most successful and effective way targeted at successful communication and implementation of the initiatives achieved during the discussions is the interstate policy, where countries seek to protect the environment through interaction within the UN and its institutions, international and regional organizations for the protection of the environment and ecology, as well as private programs and NGOs in the sphere of ecology and nature protection activity. Thanks to the discussion and elaboration of environmental problems, the countries have signed various international agreements and conventions aimed at protecting nature and curbing rapid environmental pollution in the most problematic regions of our planet. The several methodologies were used, such as comparison, analysis and processing of statistical data. The purpose of the publication is to analyze the legislative framework in the field of ecology, as well as to determine the role of the states’ collaboration in protecting the environment within the framework of the main regulatory documents of Russia and China, the special attention is paid to the legislative framework in the matters of ecology and environmental safety. The practical significance of the work is due to the fact that the conclusions and results obtained during the analysis can be useful for further modeling the strategic partnership between the Russian Federation and the PRC, not only in the field of ecology and environmental issues, but also in the economy, global and regional security and the development of strategic programs under cross-border cooperation.