“SOFT” MECHANISMS FOR REALIZING ARCTIC STRATEGY OF CHINA

Abstract

The article is devoted to the history of the emergence and development of the PRC strategy in the Arctic. The author considers China’s attempts to influence the Arctic countries through scientific diplomacy. Chinese geopolitics in scientific papers is now actively justify the Arctic status of China. China’s Arctic strategy has not yet been finalized, but a common vector of orientation is emerging. In fact, China’s policy divided Arctic and Arctic countries into two groups: countries that are interested in the presence of China in the Arctic and countries that do not want to see China as a serious player. If we build a hierarchy of China’s interests in the Arctic, economic goals will have an undoubted priority. The implementation of China’s economic plans will largely depend on its status as one of the world’s leading powers in the 21st century. The development of the NSR, the study of the consequences of climate change in the Arctic and getting to the hydrocarbon resources of the Northern region will become the main priorities of China in the near future.