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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">mgimoreview</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">Вестник МГИМО-Университета</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>MGIMO Review of International Relations</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2071-8160</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2541-9099</issn><publisher><publisher-name>MGIMO Universty Press</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24833/2071-8160-2020-3-72-112-137</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">mgimoreview-1624</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ИССЛЕДОВАТЕЛЬСКИЕ СТАТЬИ. Азиатское направление международных политических и экономических отношений</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>RESEARCH ARTICLES. Asian Vector of International Political and Economic Relations</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Китайское экономическое присутствие в Восточной Африке на примере Кении</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Chinese economic presence in East Africa: the case of Kenya</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Гемуева</surname><given-names>К. А.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Gemueva</surname><given-names>K. A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Карина Алиевна Гемуева – младший научный сотрудник</p><p>117997, Москва, ул. Профсоюзная, 23 </p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Karina A. Gemueva – junior researcher</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">krina07@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru">Национальный исследовательский институт мировой экономики и международных отношений имени Е.М. Примакова Российской академии наук, ИМЭМО РАН<country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en">Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences, IMEMO RAS<country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2020</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>08</day><month>07</month><year>2020</year></pub-date><volume>13</volume><issue>3</issue><fpage>112</fpage><lpage>137</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Гемуева К.А., 2020</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2020</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Гемуева К.А.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Gemueva K.A.</copyright-holder><license license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://www.vestnik.mgimo.ru/jour/article/view/1624">https://www.vestnik.mgimo.ru/jour/article/view/1624</self-uri><abstract><p>Проведение первого в истории саммита и Экономического форума Россия – Африка в октябре 2019 г. не просто демонстрирует заинтересованность обеих сторон в развитии сотрудничества, но и имеет все шансы стать переломным событием при переходе от намерений к реальным действиям. Благодаря выгодному географическому положению, динамичному экономическому развитию и своей роли транспортно-логистического и финансового центра в Восточной Африке Кения обоснованно служит иностранным компаниям «точкой входа» на африканский рынок. В настоящее время экономическое присутствие России в этой стране весьма скромное, в связи с чем для разработки эффективной стратегии продвижения на рынок Кении представляется целесообразным изучить практический опыт других крупных игроков, как для поиска «ключей к успеху», так и для выявления потенциальных рисков. Выбор китайского опыта в качестве предмета исследования оправдан стремительным возвышением Поднебесной до одного из ключевых партнёров Кении. Таким образом, цель настоящего исследования заключается в разработке рекомендаций российским государственным структурам и представителям бизнеса по продвижению на африканские рынки на основе опыта китайского экономического присутствия в Кении.</p><p>В статье детально проанализированы три ключевых направления китайской экономической деятельности в Кении: внешняя торговля, инфраструктурное строительство и кредитное финансирование, а также взаимосвязь между ними. Автор делает вывод, что развитию двустороннего сотрудничества способствует готовность Китая реализовывать проекты, отвечающие принятым в Кении стратегиям развития. Деятельность Китая направлена не только на поддержку экспорта китайских товаров и услуг, а также повышение своего геополитического веса в регионе, но и благоприятствует Кении в проведении индустриализации и создании современной инфраструктуры. На примере железной дороги Момбаса – Найроби, самого масштабного проекта с участием китайских компаний в Кении, рассмотрены типичные проблемы, с которыми могут столкнуться иностранные компании в этой стране, включая негативное информационное воздействие. По результатам исследования сделан вывод, что развитие двустороннего сотрудничества во многом зависит от готовности обеих сторон к постепенной смене приоритетных областей и к использованию новых инструментов и механизмов взаимодействия.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The first ever Russia-Africa Summit and Economic Forum in October 2019 demonstrates not only interest of both sides in developing bilateral cooperation, but also has every chance of becoming a turning point in translating words into action. Due to advantageous geographical position, dynamic economic development and its role as a transport, logistics and financial center in East Africa, Kenya is justifiably considers as an "entry point" to the African market for foreign companies. At present, Russia's economic presence in this country is extremely limited, and therefore, when developing an effective strategy for promoting the market in Kenya, it seems advisable to study the practical experience of other major players, both to find "keys to success" and to identify potential risks. Russia's economic presence in the country has been very limited so far, thereby learning from the practical experience of other major players would be useful for developing an effective strategy to enter the Kenyan market, both to find "keys to success" and to identify potential risks. The reason why the Chinese experience was chosen as the subject of study is the China's rapid uptake to become  one of Kenya's key partners. Thus, the purpose of this study is to develop recommendations for Russian companies to enter the African market based on the experience of the Chinese economic presence in Kenya.</p><p>The article analyzes in detail three key areas of Chinese economic activity in Kenya, i.e. foreign trade, infrastructure development and credit financing, as well as linkages between them. The author argues that the willingness of China to implement projects that are in line with the current Kenya`s development agenda was an important factor in the large-scale increase of cooperation. Thus, China's activities are not only aimed at stimulating the export of Chinese goods and services, as well as increasing its geopolitical weight in the region, but also are supporting for Kenya's industrialization, modern and reliable infrastructure development. The Mombasa-Nairobi railway, the largest project involving Chinese companies in Kenya, is used as an example with regard to typical problems that foreign companies may face in Kenya, including media pressure. Based on the analysis of current trends, the author concludes that the further development of bilateral cooperation will depend to a great extent on the commitment from both sides to gradually change the priority areas of cooperation and to use new tools and mechanisms of interaction.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Кения</kwd><kwd>Китай</kwd><kwd>торгово-экономическое сотрудничество</kwd><kwd>внешний долг</kwd><kwd>инфраструктурные проекты</kwd><kwd>китайские ПИИ</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Kenya</kwd><kwd>China</kwd><kwd>trade and economic cooperation</kwd><kwd>foreign debt</kwd><kwd>infrastructure projects</kwd><kwd>Chinese FDI</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group xml:lang="ru"><funding-statement>Исследование выполнено по гранту РНФ №17-78-20216 «Обострение конкуренции российских и китайских компаний на Африканском континенте: предпосылки, современное состояние и перспективы».</funding-statement></funding-group><funding-group xml:lang="en"><funding-statement>Research is accomplished under the Russian Science Foundation grant No. 17-78-20216 “Increasing competition between Russian and Chinese companies on the African continent: prerequisites, current status and prospects”</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Дейч Т.Л. 2018. 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