Moscow: Vostochnaya litra Publ., 2011, 440 p. (Scientific Notes of the China Department of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Issue 3). In 2010, the oldest Sinological conference in Russia, Society and the State in China, was held for the fortieth time. The results of its history in the form of reference statistical materials and an alphabetical index of authors and their publications were summarized in special edition 1. I would also like to note that the conference proceedings published annually since 2009 have been published in the series "Scientific Notes of the China Department of the Institute of Physics and Technology of the Russian Academy of Sciences". Unlike previous editions of conference materials, the reviewed collection contains very small, abstract-format publications. Including them in the collection allowed the compilers to significantly expand the circle of its authors (there are 66 of them in total), including both well-known, established scientists and those who are just starting their way in Chinese studies (the large number of authors is probably due to the very small print of the publication). The editorial preparation of the book for publication is generally performed at a high level, and the number of typos with such a large volume is minimal. The collection itself is divided into two large sections: "History, Economics and Politics "(p. 6-313, 45 authors) and " Philosophy, Ideology, Religion and Culture "(p. 314-440, 21 authors). This structure does not seem to be entirely successful: within each of these sections, the compilers did not fully maintain the principle of distributing articles according to the time or thematic principle. For example, in the first section, it seems logical that the articles by T. N. Kuchinskaya and V. S. Morozova should follow each other, since both of them are related to the north-east of the PRC and its interaction with the adjacent territories of the Russian Federation; the ... Read more