China’s strategy to strengthen soft power in the Asia-Pacific region

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Authors

  • Yuhan . Inner Mongolia Normal University, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Hohhot, China. Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Department of Political Analysis and Management, Moscow, Russia
  • Sergey Popov Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Department of Political Analysis and Management, Moscow, Russia
  • Svetlana Zakharova Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, Department of Management and Public Administration, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
  • Galina Fedorova Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, Department of Management and Public Administration, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

Keywords:

development strategy, soft power strategy, People’s Republic of China, Asia-Pacific region, human capital, research personnel

Abstract

The article examines research personnel training as part of China’s strategy to expand its ‘soft power’ in the Asia-Pacific region and the world as a whole. The research methodology is based on a series of neoliberal and neorealist approaches of the international relations theory. As part of the research, a comparative analysis of the innovative development indicators in the Human Capital and Research area was carried out when assessing the global innovation index for such countries as China, Russia and the United States. The results of the article demonstrate that strengthening the training of China’s research personnel is an essential component of China’s strategy to strengthen its ‘soft power’. The educational sphere, the activities of research institutes in large companies of the country and the think tanks of the PRC have been studied. The creation and improvement of those institutions make it possible to promote research activities in connection with the current goals of the Chinese policy, and ensure that research personnel in the strategic planning of China’s ‘soft power’ is involved.

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Published

2022-08-01