This study is based on a comprehensive analysis of high-tech production as an economic phenomenon. The article on “Theoretical and practical aspects of high-tech production development” reveals the main approaches to the definition of a high-tech complex, a high-tech sector, a high-tech industry, and high-tech products. The article focuses on the allocation of industries according to the level of manufacturability, and describes the main development trends of the following high-tech sectors of the Russian economy: pharmaceuticals, power engineering, production of medical equipment, civil aviation and information technology sector. The key purpose of the study is to research theoretical and practical aspects of high-tech production development. To achieve the purpose, it is necessary: to consider the main approaches to the definition of high-tech production, to disclose the problem of determining the industries by the level of manufacturability, to describe the development of high-tech sectors in the Russian economy.

The scientific novelty of the work lies in a number of unknown and little known facts, as well as in the development of theoretical provisions on the issue of defining high-tech production and selecting industries by the level of technology, and in the analysis of the development of key indicators of some high-tech industries. The research is based on the articles of foreign and Russian authors, various Internet resources, analytical materials prepared by the Higher School of Economics, as well as statistical compilations presented on the website of the Federal State Statistics Service.