International trade constitutes a separate and particularly important area of my academic and professional interests, in which I possess both theoretical knowledge and practical experience. During my undergraduate studies in Saint Petersburg and Beijing, I completed courses such as Business Case Analysis, Trade Chinese, and Business Chinese. I have also independently studied foundational concepts in foreign trade and international business to further advance my professional competence. Last year I completed the
remote course “Foreign Trade Manager: Importing from China” on the China Professionals platform and undertook relevant training from the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) and the European Open University’s MIB program.

In the field of foreign trade, I have also accumulated substantial practical experience. Working as an interpreter in Russian-Chinese language pair, I participated in B2B meetings, negotiations, forums, and various industry exhibitions, performing tasks related to foreign-trade operations, familiarizing myself with trade procedures, documentation workflows, and supplier communication. I have worked as an interpreter with major enterprises such as NLMK (metallurgy), Industrial Technologies (rocket engineering and military contracts), Kazan Compressor Plant, etc.