This article examines the international development assistance policy of China as an emerging donor, identifies its peculiarities, which are based on the wide understanding of development assistance, as well as on the equal partnership between China and recipient countries. The analysis allowed to determine the basic interests which stimulate China to participate in the processes of international aid. Also the article deals with possible cooperation fields between Russia and China within the international development assistance issues.

international development assistance, official development assistance, China, emerging donors, national interests