Far Eastern cross-border region in the system of “twin city” interaction with China (1990-2020)

The article is devoted to the analysis of the development of the Far Eastern cross-border area in the system of interregional interaction along the line of "twin-city" Russian-Chinese relations in the period from 1990 to 2020. Despite the availability of works by domestic and foreign authors devoted to the history of interregional cooperation between the Far Eastern regions of Russia and China, a comprehensive study of the history of the influence of Russian-Chinese "sister-city" ties on the state of various sectors of the national economy of Russian cross-border territories has not been presented so far. Unique materials, first introduced into scientific circulation (materials provided by the Ministry of Planning for the Development of the Trans-Baikal Territory, the Ministry of Economic Development of the Sakhalin Region, the Administration of the city of Komsomolsk-onAmur, the Administration of the city of Magadan, the Administration of the Nakhodkinsky Urban District, the Administration of the Ussuriysk Urban District of the Primorsky Territory) allow such a study. The article presents an analysis of the effective use of the institution of twin cities and twin regions in the framework of the implementation of joint Russian-Chinese projects in the field of economy, education, culture, health care in the Primorsky, Khabarovsk and Trans-Baikal Territories, Sakhalin, Amur and Magadan Regions. Twin-city relations played a special role in the development of the construction sector and housing and communal services in the Far Eastern crossborder area. The main problems in the development of sister-city relations were insufficient coverage in the media space of the investment attractiveness of the Far Eastern cross-border area for foreign investors; limited informing of residents of Russian and foreign cities about the tourism potential of the Far Eastern cross-border area; insufficient image positioning of the Far Eastern crossborder area abroad, including at international conferences, exhibitions, forums; a narrow range of forms of cooperation with sister cities and twin regions of the PRC.

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