The article is devoted to the questions of promotion of the Russian language and Russian culture abroad. Expansion of forms of educational cooperation, creation of educational institutions outside the territory of the Russian Federation are among the priorities in the field of international cultural and humanitarian cooperation at the present stage of development of society. The article deals with the issues of language training of students of China in the framework of the joint educational program at the Joint engineering Institute of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University and Jiangsu pedagogical University. Among the problems that need to be solved in the conditions of teaching Chinese students Russian in non-linguistic environment, it should be noted the formation of communicative competence in studying-professional sphere of communication, the creation of textbooks on Russian as a foreign language on the material of special disciplines in the areas of training of Chinese students in the joint educational programs. The article also describes the cultural and educational activities that are carried out by specialists of the Higher School of educational programs of Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University in different countries of the world. These events are held within the framework of the Days of Russian language. The events include classes in Russian language and Russian culture, lectures for foreign teachers of Russian language on issues of Russian as a foreign language methodology, training testing for Russian as a foreign language. The complex nature of cultural and educational evens allows to attract up to 300 foreign citizens and promotes the Russian language and Russian culture abroad.