The Youth of Russia and China: Comparative Analysis on the Basis of Economic and Demographic Indicators

Youth is the period when a person chooses his occupation, searches his identity, develops his world view and life values, chooses his life partner, makes his family, achieves economic independence and socially responsible behavior. Young people are the most active, mobile and dynamic part of the population, free from stereotypes and prejudices of previous years. The youth participates in all important economic, political and social events. The relevance of this research is that the young generation is a driving force of social development, a determinant of the present times and a possibility of forecasting of the future. The topicality of study and comparison of young generations of Russia and China is caused by the development of cooperation in various spheres between the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China recently. In general, these countries have a huge potential of development of bilateral relations, and the young generation is the best instrument of their improvement. The subject of this work is the youth of Russia and China which is studied though the topic of economic and demographic characteristics, such as marriage, education and employment.