In the third quarter - late 19<sup>th</sup> century the first Chinese students were sent to Europe in order to study advanced international experience. One of the aspects of Qing educational policy in this direction was their training at leading Russian educational institutions, where they studied Russian and various specialties for the benefit of the reforms implemented in China at the time. Qing authorities paid a lot of attention to specialist training in Russia, generating great interest in getting Russian education not only among the population of the Chinese provinces bordering with Russia, but also among southern regions of the Empire. Thanks to the high level of training Chinese graduates from Russian colleges made significant contributions into development of Russian-Chinese ties and set up a big tradition of training specialists in Russian philology in our country.