The article is devoted to the Chinese World Project (ILC), the supporting structure of which is the concept of the "Silk Road Economic Belt and the Maritime Silk Road of the XXI century". The historical background of the ILC is considered: from adaptation to the world economy to the transition to active development of the world economy in accordance with the Chinese program "going out to the world". China's constructive initiatives, embodied in the concept of the "silk road" offensive, are aimed at mobilizing finance for infrastructure development throughout the Euro-Asian space and are catalyzed by the tasks of ensuring energy security and the need for the development of China's western regions. Special attention is paid to the intensification of China's activities in the field of financing Belt and Road projects, investments in new international banks and development funds. The author analyzes the geopolitical justifications of the ILC, which objectively increases the importance of Russia and recognizes the geographical inferiority of projects that bypass the territory of the Russian Federation. Given the continuing instability in the Middle East and Transcaucasia, transport arteries in Russia are becoming of paramount importance. In this context, Russia needs to determine its own place in the Chinese project. Keywords: Chinese world project, silk Road expansion, energy security, capital export, Russian Federation in the Chinese project. THE EXPANSION OF CHINA'S STRATEGIC HORIZONS: "ONE BELT AND ONE ROAD" The article is devoted to what the authors call the Chinese World Project (CWP) partially based on the concept of Silk Road Economic Belt and Twenty First Century Maritime Silk Road. China makes a transition from adaptation to the global economy. China develops in accordance with the Chinese program "go global". Constructive initiatives of China under the "one belt one road" concept are aimed at mobilizing finance for infrastructure developments of the entire Eur ... Читать далее