The article compares the Chinese legal order with Russian solutions in terms of some of the most important aspects of suretyship: accessory, causes of occurrence and liability of the surety. The author comes to the conclusion that, for all the parameters under consideration, Russian and Chinese legal orders in general have a single conceptual foundation of regulation. Despite the revealed difference in some details, the quintessence of the surety institution for comparable aspects is perceived by legal orders in a symmetrical manner.