trade means that each province, autonomous region, municipality directly under the central government and other authorized enterprises in China develop the relations of foreign trade directly with Russian departments concerned. It is not restricted in the barter trade and it includes all kinds of forms of economic collaborations such as export of labor services, contracts for projects and so on. The direct economic trade relations between departments of China and Russia also belong to local trade. No doubt, sometimes it is difficult to draw a clear line between frontier trade and local trade. Frontier provinces can make use of the advantages of in geography to develop frontier trade extensively. Those inland provinces also can develop various economic relations with Russia by way of frontier trade. It is initiative in the history of Sino-Russia international trade to establish the relations of economic trade directly between two countries ' localities (frontier provinces are excluded). Because of the appearance of local trade, Sino-Russia trade has formed a new aspect which includes conventional trade, local trade and frontier trade. After Soviet Union disintegrated, the contact between two countries' localities has been further developed. In order to legalize such a contact, China and Russia signed an agreement about this point, which gave definite regulations on a series of legal problems concerning the relations of frontier trade between two countries.1.2 Main Forms ※Barter Trade Barter trade is a traditional way in Sino-Soviet Union and Sino-Russia trade, which occupies a special position in Sino-Russia economic collaboration. No matter it is keeping-account conventional trade or local trade, both is underway by means of barter trade. Every year two sides will sign a protocol about exchange of goods and payment agreement between two countries . Such a protocol makes a detailed regulation on assortment of goods, quality, am...
