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Summary: 
In 2022, China purchased $38bn more from Russia than Russia purchased from China. This differential buttressed Russia's hard currency reserves, mitigating the effects of sanctions imposed by most of the world
China was joined in this effort by India and Turkey.
These three countries, while publically proclaiming their  "neutrality", are in fact funding an illegal, terroristic war of genocidal aggression.
China’s trade deficit with Russia reached a record $38 billion last year as global energy prices surged following the outbreak of war in Ukraine. 
The world’s second-largest economy purchased $114.1 billion worth of goods from Russia in 2022, up 44% from a year earlier, figures from China’s General Administration of Customs showed Friday. By comparison, China’s total imports from around the globe were up just 1.1% for the year.
Exports to Russia rose about 13% to $76.1 billion. That led to a trade imbalance of more than triple what was seen in the previous year.
China has emerged as one of the only significant buyers — along with India and Turkey — of crude from Russia, after the Group of Seven and European nations slapped sanctions designed to punish President Vladimir Putin for the invasion of Ukraine.