On the basis of the Institute of China and Modern Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IKSA RAS), a laboratory was created to study the ideas of Chinese President Xi Jinping. This is reported by the Xinhua news agency.
It is noted that this is the first such scientific center outside of China. It will include employees of IKSA RAS, the Higher School of Economics, the Evgeny Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations and other institutions.
Director of ICSA RAS Kirill Babaev told Xinhua that in 2025 the laboratory plans to release «a large scientific monograph that will acquaint Russian readers, including representatives of the Russian authorities, with the ideas of Xi Jinping» in the field of economics, culture, art, ecology, domestic, foreign and social policy.
According to Babaev, the policy of the current leader of the PRC will determine «China's activities for a long period of time.» The director of ICSA RAS notes that the task of orientalists is “to analyze the ideas of Xi Jinping, because China today is our main strategic partner, main economic partner.”