The XLIV All-Russian Scientific Conference "Society and the State in China"¹, held by the China Department of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences on March 24-26, 2014, was attended by 95 people. Among the participants of the conference are 28 employees and postgraduates of the Institute of Oriental Studies, 9 of the Institute of the Far East of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 1 of IMEMO RAS, 8 of RSUH, ISAA MSU, HSE and MIPT. There was a delegation of military specialists, 4 employees of the Central Research Institute of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and 5 students led by a teacher from the Military University of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, 7 people from St. Petersburg. GU and 1 employee of the BAN, 2 each from Yekaterinburg and Novosibirsk, one each from Elista, Kazan, Krasnoyarsk, Barnaul, 3 people from Riga University. Pavel Stradyn, Latvia, 8 from China (among them 2 university teachers (1 from Hong Kong) and 1 graduate student interning in Moscow, 2 embassy employees and 2 of our compatriots, one of whom works at Peking University, and the second at the Translation Agency under the CPC Central Committee).

The conference was attended by E. V. Molodyakova, Deputy Director of the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and N. G. Romanova, Scientific Secretary of the Institute, Corresponding Member of the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. RAS V. M. Alpatov and Director of the Institute of Cultural Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences M. L. Titarenko, Academician B. S. Myasnikov, as well as Cultural Adviser-Envoy of the Chinese Embassy in Russia, Director of the Chinese Cultural Center in Moscow Zhang Zhonghua and correspondents of one of the central newspapers of the People's Republic of China - "Guangming Zhibao".

The conference was opened by the Head of the China Department of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences A. I. Kobzev, who highlighted its scientific significance, and E. V. Molodyakova, who noted its solid contribution to the national orientalism.-

¹ A collection of articles was published for the conference, many of which coincide with the topics of the reports read out. See: 44th Scientific Conference "Society and the State in China". Vol. XLIV. Part 1 (Scientific notes of the Department of China. Issue 14). Moscow, 2014.

She also spoke about the important positive role that China-Russia relations play.

The presentation of the reports was preceded by the presentation of new books published by the Department of China of the Institute of Chinese Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences with the support of the Russian State Science Foundation and the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Russian Federation: the first two volumes of the new edition "Archive of Russian Sinology"², the collection of articles "On the Way beyond the Chinese Wall"³ and the anniversary collection "Sinologists of the World for the anniversary of Stanislav Kucera"⁴; the first in the history of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Russian translation of legal monuments of the Qin era (III century BC), made by M. V. Korolkov ⁵, as well as the publication of commented translations of the works of Zhang Binglin (1869-1936), prepared by N. M. Kalyuzhna ⁶; Yu. V. Chudodeev's monograph "The Collapse of the Monarchy in China" ⁷.

The morning session on the first day of the conference traditionally dealt with the problems of modern China.

The report of A. G. Larin (IDV) was devoted to the strengthening of China and the Chinese diaspora in the world. The Chinese diaspora, which began to form in the 12th century, now numbers, according to experts, about 50 million people. More than 70% of Huayao Chinese live in ASEAN countries and in many of them play a key role in the economy (in Thailand, the Chinese diaspora accounts for 90% of investment in trade and industry). The economic weight of Huaqiao, which was already noticeable in the region, has increased sharply due to the economic growth of the PRC. Now many experts call the Chinese diaspora the fourth economy in the world after the United States, China and Japan - the total capital of Huaqiao is estimated at 1.5 trillion US dollars. The rise of China has had a positive impact on the situation of Chinese people abroad - discriminatory laws that applied to the Chinese diaspora in Southeast Asia have been abolished everywhere, and attitudes towards the Chinese language and culture have improved in many countries. However, local hostility to the Chinese, who are usually much more successful and wealthy, is still strong.

L. I. Kondrashova (IDV) noted the new socialist choice of the People's Republic of China in 2013-2014, predicted its preservation according to the modernized Leninist formula: "enlightened authoritarian power + high economic potential + modern technology + Soviet education = Chinese socialism".

U. A. Berzina (Riga University named after P. Stradyn) considered the use of the old binomial ching-chi ("management [of the state] and assistance [to the people]") in the political language of the PRC, which has become the modern term "economy" and reflects the change of political paradigms.

The report by A. L. Verchenko (IDV) analyzed the position of the fourth generation of the CPC leadership on the Taiwan issue and Russia's attitude to this problem. At this stage, the basis of the Chinese leadership's attitude towards Taiwan was particularly clearly formed - without weakening the rigidity of political rhetoric, to develop economic and cultural cooperation in every possible way. After the Kuomintang returned to power on the island in 2008, the party's relations with the CCP improved, which resulted in regular visits by the Kuomintang leadership to Beijing and helped reduce the tensions that were observed in relations between the Taiwan Strait neighbors during the period of Chen Shui-bian, the leader of the Democratic Party, who was in power. Moscow traditionally follows Beijing in its relations with Taiwan, since the main goal of this direction of Russian foreign policy is to develop economic cooperation with Taiwan without causing irritation to the PRC.

O. V. Lin (IDV) in his report "Monetary methods of the People's Bank of China in the fight against inflation" showed the important role of the People's Bank of China, which is engaged not only in maintaining a stable exchange rate of the national currency and low inflation, but also in ensuring economic growth as the main factor of stability in the PRC.

A. A. Semenov's report (IDV) was devoted to modern non-governmental organizations in China. Economic growth, rapid improvement of the standard of living of the broad masses of the population-

^{Archive of Russian Sinology.} 2 Vol. 1, 2. Moscow, 2013. In the first volume, in particular, the most important book of V. M. Alekseev - "Working Bibliography of a Sinologist" - was published for the first time in a significant circulation.

^{On the way over the Chinese Wall. To the 60th anniversary of A. I. Kobzev.} 3 Sobranie trudov [Collection of Works] / Ed. by S. V. Dmitriev, A. R. Vyatkin (Scientific Notes of the Department of China. Issue 12). Moscow, 2014.

^{Sinologists of the world for the anniversary of Stanislav Kucera.} 4 Sobranie trudov [Collection of works] / Comp. by S. V. Dmitriev (Scientific Notes of the Department of China. Issue 11). Moscow, 2013.

^{Zouyanshu (Collection of judicial requests) /} 5 Translated by M. V. Korolkova, Moscow, 2013.

⁶ Zhang Binglin. Selected works: 1894-1913 / Translated by N. M. Kalyuzhnoy, Moscow, 2013.

⁷ Chudodeev Yu. V. Crash of the monarchy in China, Moscow, 2013.

The development of the People's Republic of China causes the emergence of new public demands, including in the field of political modernization. One of the results of this request is a rapid increase in the number of various non-governmental organizations. Currently, there are about half a million registered NGOs in China, despite the fact that many NGOs work in China unofficially (the World Bank estimates the number of Chinese NGOs at 3 million). NGOs are most active in areas where the state and business are not fully effective, primarily in the areas of education and social protection. The State's policy towards NGOs remains quite strict. However, such a rapid increase in their number and the number of Chinese citizens involved in their activities allows us to hope that the reforms in China are real.

Ideological shifts in relation to religion are reflected in the reports of D. M. Baranova (St. Petersburg).GPU) "New Religious trends and Religious Policy of the CPC" and L. A. Afonina (IDV) "New trends in state regulation of religious issues in the PRC". The first noted that intensive cooperation with the West and Russia can contribute to the liberalization of religious policy; in particular, the issue of recognizing Orthodoxy as the official religion of China was updated. The second concretized this topic with a story about the unprecedented visit of Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church to China in 2013 and his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and other government officials.

E. Y. Staburova's report (Stradyn University of Riga) was titled "Where Political Science and Chinese Studies Meet: a Cognitive Glitch". One of the main problems of political science research on China is that large specialists armed with the latest methodology of political research usually have a poor command of Chinese material, and Sinologists who know the Chinese texture usually do not have a very good idea of what modern political science is. Recently, there have been ways to solve this problem thanks to the growing cooperation of Chinese and Western scientists, but even the best publications still do not fully synthesize Sinology and political research.

At the evening session, V. M. Alpatov (INR RAS) made a report on the tragic events in the history of Russian Sinology, referring to the book "Grammar of Modern Chinese", published in 1930 by A. I. Ivanov and E. D. Polivanov8. The authors of the grammar belonged to different generations of Orientalists, but they were long-time acquaintances. From 1915 to 1921, Polivanov worked under Ivanov at the Japanese Department of the Oriental Faculty of Petrograd University; in 1927-1929. they both became professors at the Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies. By the time the book was published, A. I. Ivanov's position was still quite stable: after returning from diplomatic service in China in 1927, he moved to Moscow and held many scientific and teaching posts in Oriental studies institutions. Polivanov's position in 1930 was much more vulnerable in 1929, after opposing N. Y. Marr's "new teaching on language", he was branded as a" bourgeois researcher " and was forced to leave for Samarkand. Grammatika was written before his departure and became one of Polivanov's last publications in Moscow - since April 1931, printing of his books was banned, he could only be published in Central Asia and abroad. "Grammar" reflects the differences between the methods of two generations of scientists the part written by Polivanov was an important step forward in the science of language, it shows a consistent desire for new things, for the formation of new theories and methods. The part prepared by Ivanov is rather old-fashioned: without getting carried away with theories, the author primarily presents practical material, and does it in a rather archaic (even for that time) manner of the so-called missionary grammars, which tried to describe the language being studied in terms and structure of Western languages (primarily Latin).

The report of Liu Yading (Sichuan University, Chengdu) was devoted to the methodology of literary studies by B. L. Riftin. The speaker noted the well-known broad erudition of the scientist, who touched on all areas of Chinese literature and folklore. In his work, B. L. Riftin combined typology with historical poetics, which allowed him to develop his own, extremely original and productive method. Mysterious facts were presented in the report of A. I. Kobzev (Institute of Sinology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, MIPT, RSUH) "New mystical stories in Russian Sinology", in particular, the coincidence of the day of death (July 12) of the famous sinologist V. M. Kryukov (1962-2008) with the birthday of his father, the famous Sinologist M. V. Kryukov and the day of death of another major sinologist-

⁸ Ivanov A. I., Polivanov I. D. Grammatika sovremennogo kitayskogo yazyka [Grammar of the modern Chinese language]. Moscow, 1930.

loga - E. A. Torchinova (1956-2003). A decade after the latter's equally premature death, his novel "The Mysterious Female" ⁹ was unexpectedly published, which vividly reflected the situation in St. Petersburg Oriental studies in the 1990s in the genre of mystical realism. The speaker revealed a number of prototypes of the novel's characters and demonstrated its structural and content features, which make us assume that the text is either encrypted or incomplete.

Reports on the second and third days of the conference were mainly devoted to the history and culture of traditional China and its neighbors, as well as the history of sinology.

D. A. Khudyakov (Higher School of Economics) reported on the peculiarities of the Tangut language and translations of Buddhist texts into the Tangut hieroglyphics in the state of Xi Xia. V. V. Tishin (Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences) analyzed the names of Turkic tribes contained in Chinese sources, especially the names of different socio-ethnic groups (tribe, clan, clan, etc.). The speaker came to the conclusion that the extreme haphazardness of the use of terminology by Chinese chroniclers, by and large, does not allow judging on their basis the hierarchical position of an ethnic unit within larger formations.

Dmitry Vozchikov (Ural Federal University named after Boris Yeltsin, Yekaterinburg) reported on the report of the Venetian diplomat and traveler Niccolo Conti (c.1395-1464), which has come down to us as presented by Poggio Bracciolini, secretary of Pope Eugene IV. It is not entirely clear whether Conti visited China in person or heard about the country from others. Many of his data almost verbatim repeat the book of Marco Polo and do not correspond to the time of the author's life. Its information about Southeast Asian countries is much more detailed.

Liang Zhe (Shandong University, Jinan) reported on the positive attitude towards Islam of the founder of the last national Ming dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang (years of reign - 1368-1398), who personally wrote the praise of Muhammad in 100 characters "In honor of the initiated Wisest". Many Muslims held high positions at the Ming court and provided support to Chinese translators of Muslim books.

The report of V. A. Perminova (Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences) focused on the economic development of Taiwan during the period of Japanese colonial rule. Japan, following its ideas about colonies, invested heavily in them, which allowed for the rapid development of infrastructure, industry, and agriculture. At the same time, the metropolis fully controlled the island, making sure that its economic and social life went along the planned path. For the first time in the years after Taiwan's return to Chinese rule (1945-1949), the Chinese authorities did not actually change the island's governance schemes, but only reduced the injections into its economy. The situation changed after Chiang Kai-shek's government moved to the island and it became a "metropolis".

M. A. Guleva (IMEP SPb.GPU) told about the activities of the famous Chinese scientist Wen Wanhao as head of the Executive Yuan, which he held for 6 months in 1948. His main task was to stabilize the Chinese economy, which was not fully achieved due to the too unfavorable overall situation. After several years of living abroad, he returned to the PRC, apparently disillusioned with the Kuomintang leadership.

The topic of D. G. Kukeev's presentation (KIGI RAS, Elista) is the activity of Oiratological societies and organizations in China in works in Chinese, Mongolian and Oirat languages.

L. I. Kadyrova (Kazan Federal University, Kazan) reported on the Kazakhstan vector in the Central Asian policy of the PRC. In the first years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, China pursued a rather restrained policy towards the countries of Central Asia, but then began to increase its activity at an increasing pace. Kazakhstan is of particular value to China - it has a large common border with it, and is convenient as an energy supplier.

The report of O. V. Zotov (Institute of Internal Affairs of the Russian Academy of Sciences), who reviewed the historical background of the current situation in East Turkestan (Xinjiang), which, in his opinion, is a highly underestimated factor in world politics and the most vulnerable province of the PRC, was also devoted to the problems of Central Asia.

Vladimir Golovachev (Institute of Chinese Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences) made a report on the relations of Sinologists in the countries of the socialist camp, the so-called interkits. This informal association, which lasted from the second half of the 1060s until 1985, played a major role in the professional life of China-

⁹ Torchinov E. A. Mysterious female. Transpersonal Novel, St. Petersburg, 2013.

social camps, especially the Soviet ones, were cut off from the West and China to a much greater extent than their Eastern European counterparts.

L. Pfister (Hong Kong Baptist University) spoke about an international project to study translations of Chinese classical texts into foreign languages. The goal of the project is to collect as complete a database of such translations as possible (its potential volume is estimated at about 100 volumes in 20 languages) and make it available to researchers (the first versions of the database are expected to be posted on the Internet in 2015). Currently, the project employs 13 employees, but it is developing rapidly.

The report of A. A. Sergeeva (ISAA) was devoted to the problems of "soft power" in the foreign policy of modern China. China's economic growth has given rise to the "Chinese dream" thesis, which is that the country is finally reborn after a long decline and can not only become a great power, but also significantly strengthen its position in the world of Chinese language and culture. Active efforts to promote all things Chinese are a hallmark of China's foreign policy. The diaspora also plays a significant role in the policy of "soft power", being a kind of conductor of Chinese influence in the world.

N. K. Semenova (IB RAS) considered the features of traditional foreign policy doctrines of Russia and China. The latter is characterized by sinocentrism, which assumes the super-value of its own culture and is aimed at assimilation of other cultures. Despite the dramatic events of the last two centuries, this concept has not been completely eliminated. The Russian foreign policy doctrine was strongly influenced by the rapid expansion of the state during the colonization of Siberia. China has also repeatedly carried out territorial expansion. Therefore, despite a number of discrepancies, the two countries ' foreign policy traditions have common features, in particular the view of border expansion as the norm.

Ya. L. Sologub (SEF RLP, St. Petersburg) and V. P. Kazantsev (Smolny Institute of RAO, St. Petersburg) made a report on the railway concession of 1898 as a factor of Russia's colonial expansion in China. In semi-colonial China, concessions were a powerful tool for expansion: Chinese jurisdiction over the land granted under the concession was practically terminated and power was transferred to the concessionaire in full. The first railway concession in China was granted to France in 1895. For Russia, at first the treaty with China was mainly of practical importance. In 1897, the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway began, and the passage of part of the route through Chinese territory could significantly reduce the cost of the project and speed up its completion time. However, later on, the Russian leadership was dominated by the view that the construction of railways in China should be primarily an instrument of Russia's political influence in the region.

I. P. Karezina (IB RAS) devoted her report to the problem of rethinking the image of Iakinf Bichurin. In her opinion, the image of the father of Russian Chinese studies is extremely romanticized, and many well-established opinions about his life do not stand up to verification by sources. In particular, it is not uncommon to find the statement that about. Iakinf was not too fond of missionary work, preferring to study science. An analysis of the documents shows that at the beginning of his stay in Beijing, Bichurin was much and zealously engaged in matters of faith, but the situation in China at that time made this activity extremely difficult: Christian books were banned, the people were completely illiterate, and the educated public was not inclined to accept foreign teachings. It was the failures and difficulties that made fr. Iakin decided to turn first of all to the study of China, putting aside the works of the missionary.

V. V. Larin (Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences) presented a richly illustrated video report on little-known monuments to Russian soldiers who died in China during the Russo-Japanese and World War II. Many of them are well-known and kept in good condition, but some (especially monuments to those who fell in the battles of the Russo-Japanese war) were discovered only recently.

Post by V. G. Datsyshen (Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk) The article is devoted to some aspects of the history of Uliassutai since the XVIII century.the administrative center of Outer Mongolia, the residence of the Qing governor. The governor of Ulyasutai was also subordinate to the Tuva Region, which on February 28, 1911 Russia declared it a disputed territory. An important role in the annexation of Tuva was played by the Usinsk border chief A. Kh. Chakirov, who in 1911 was sent to Uliassutai as a scout. His report is preserved in the collections of the State Archive of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. The document is interesting not only for its detailed details, but also for the fact that it was made a few months before the fall of Manchu power in Outer Mongolia.

T. I. Vinogradova (BAN) made a report on the synological file of V. M. Alekseev, which she has been working on recently. This file is an extensive and very detailed registrar of all areas of activity of the academician-from translations and teaching to studying the national picture and raising daughters.

The report of M. A. Neglinskaya (Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences) was devoted to a series of portraits of the Qing Emperor Yongzheng, in which he appears either as a Manchu warrior, a Chinese intellectual, or a Tibetan hermit. Many of the portraits show Western influences (one of them even shows him in a European costume). A similar "masquerade" was characteristic of Western classicism of that era.

A. M. Kulikov (IB RAS) made a report on the so-called Chinese notebooks stored in the Russian State Library among the papers of Alexy Vinogradov, a member of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Beijing. For reasons that are not entirely clear, these notebooks are considered to belong to Palladiy Kafarov, but, according to the speaker, there are no sufficient grounds for this, although it is likely that the time of their creation and the time of Kafarov's stay in Beijing coincide. At the same time, the content of the notebooks is extremely interesting: everyday sketches of everyday life in Beijing (made in the European manner), provided with an explanatory Chinese text. One of the notebooks apparently contains notes by a Chinese intellectual on Chinese and Western painting. It can be assumed that the sketches were made by the mission artist I. I. Chmutov. Perhaps the notebooks represent an incomplete project of creating an illustrated book about the life of the Chinese, conceived but unfinished by Palladiy Kafarov.

The report of A. N. Khokhlov (IB RAS) was also devoted to Palladiy Kafarov. Using the example of the scientist's correspondence, the speaker showed that Palladius was very interested in traditional Chinese painting, both high-class and mass, was well-versed in market prices and could act as an expert.

M. Y. Ulyanov (ISAA) made a report on" death notices "(fu) and "messages" (gao) from other kingdoms in the history of the Chunqiu period (771-453 BC). Studying the history of East Zhou China, the researcher found out that many discrepancies in the dates of death of a particular ruler, which often found in various sources, they can be associated with the complex ceremonial notification of neighbors about the death of the sovereign. Information could be entered in official chronicles only after receiving an official notification, which sometimes came a considerable time after the death.

N. I. Migunov's speech (Peking University) was devoted to modern new Confucianism. At the present time, when Chinese politicians and scientists actively use Confucian categories to explain the Chinese economic miracle, Confucianism as a philosophy also continues to develop, and this is explained not only by opportunistic considerations. In China itself and abroad, there are several centers that form the direction of modern Confucian philosophy.

S. I. Blumchen (Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences) made a report on the image of the Great Yu as a flood suppressor in Chinese mythology. This mythic character is sometimes difficult to reconstruct because of the many layers that have arisen due to the work of later historians, who wanted to smooth this image and make the Great Yu a cultural hero with a full set of fairy-tale characteristics, as respectable a ruler as possible.

G. S. Popova's presentation (IB RAS) was devoted to the Shu-ching method of textual analysis developed by her. An analysis of canon quotations in ancient and early medieval Chinese texts not only shows that the text that has come down to us has changed little since the Han era, but also that it is very likely that most of the chapters were not fundamentally edited during the Han period, otherwise the interference with the archaic grammar of the original would have been noticeable. Perhaps it is the analysis of quotations - quite a traditional method of Chinese textology-that can provide a lot of interesting information about the "Shang Shu".

V. V. Bashkeyev (Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences) noted the important role that female relatives of emperors played in the political struggle in the Western Han era. It was these clans that fought especially fiercely for power and influence in the state.

A. K. Korobiyina (Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences) reported on the assessment of a well-known expert on the Han era, G. H. Billenstein, of the activities of the East Han emperor Guang Wu-di (reigned in 25-57 BC). The historian is far from idealizing the image of the emperor that the sources impose on us. However, he believes that, undoubtedly, it was an extraordinary political figure.

The presentation of A. E. Terekhov (St. Petersburg State University) was devoted to two types of physiognomic descriptions in Han apocryphal texts (Chen Wei). The study showed that in the Han apocrypha a large place is occupied by descriptions of the appearance of various kinds of remarkable personalities, who, of course, must have had an unusual appearance. The researcher identified two types of such descriptions: formalized and lapidary; and lengthy, more free in style. Such monuments are of great value for studying the folk religion of the Han era.

M. S. Tseluyko (Higher School of Economics) analyzed stylistic differences in different chapters of Sima Qian's "Historical Notes". The speaker noted that in some places the text quoted by Sima Qian significantly differs from the author's, first of all, it is noticeable by the difference in the degree of parallelism. According to the researcher, the author included authentic fragments of more ancient sources in the text, since stylization in this case seems inappropriate, and hardly possible. It is possible that such an analysis of Sima Qian's text will allow us to isolate quotations from the Dohan texts and date them, which will help to weed out later interpolations.

S. V. Dmitriev (IB RAS) gave a well-illustrated report on the Jiaohe hillfort (referred to in Russian literature as Yar-khoto), which is probably one of the most interesting hillforts in Turfan. The city is first mentioned in Western Han sources, but recent excavations have shown that people have lived here since the Late Paleolithic period; it was abandoned around the 15th century AD. This longevity is explained by the unique natural position of the city. It is a loess ridge, which over the millennia has been transformed by the river washing it on both sides into an elliptical platform that rises 30,100 m above the surrounding area, which made any fortifications practically unnecessary in the world practice. Due to the fact that the city was abandoned for natural reasons, and not destroyed by enemies, like other ancient settlements of Turfan, it is very well preserved. By a happy coincidence, Jiaohe is also well studied by archaeologists, the only one among the cities of Turfan.

V. M. Yakovlev (Moscow) reflected on the order of arrangement of 64 hexograms of the "Book of Changes". The new order proposed by him probably restores one of the oldest sequences, which was later forgotten.

T. P. Chibisov (Taishan Chinese Medicine Center) shared his experience of studying traditional Chinese acupuncture. For centuries, the main secrets of the method were kept secret by masters and passed on only to a select few, so now it is extremely difficult not only to restore the history of the tradition and the continuity of a particular direction, but also just to be sure that the method proposed by this or that master is based on tradition, and not invented recently.

The conference was held in a friendly atmosphere, which did not affect the lively discussions that broke out after a number of reports. It can be stated that, despite the "advanced age", the conference "Society and the State in China" remains one of the most popular scientific Sinology forums, which arouse the interest of specialists not only in Russia, but also abroad.

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