Cross-Border Cooperation:Case Of The Russian Far East And North-East Of China

It's a well-known fact that cooperation initiatives across national borders are a growing phenomenon all over the world due to developing globalization and regional integration.Significant growth of markets and labor recourses,common desire to “escape” from spatial and resource dependencies are stimulating crossborder cooperation between neighbor countries and the emergence of cross-border areas.This research paper covers the case of the Russian Far East and the NorthEast of China region which potentially can be seen as an effective cross-border area.The analysis is following theoretical background of cross-border cooperation,its legal framework,the current state of cross-border cooperation between China and Russia and existing problems in that field.The main emphasis in this research paper is done on the most recent policy on regional cooperation between the Russian Far East and the North East of China for the period 2009-2018.The study shows that cross-border cooperation in the investigated region is appropriate development path for this area and could be seen as a new stage of China-Russia relations.