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China
  • Imports from China A$44,463 million
  • Exports to China A$73,251 million
  • Capital Beijing
  • Official Language Mandarin
  • Surface Area 9,561,000 sq km
  • Population 1,350 million

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Providing workplace advice when it is needed most
25 Nov 2010
Australian company, IPS Worldwide is taking its employee assistance and trauma management expertise to the world.
Success stories
Aussie earthworms grow fertile business in booming China
17 Nov 2010
Australian agribusiness company, The Woods International, is developing agribusiness opportunities in the Western Chinese province of Xinjiang, with a unique and natural liquid fertiliser made from Au ...
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Opportunities by the thousand at China SME Fair
22 Oct 2010
Over 1450 meetings between Australian and Chinese businesses were conducted at last month’s China International Small and Medium Enterprises Fair (CISMEF).
Media releases
Austrade supports major ICT push into Asia
13 Oct 2010
The Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) is supporting high-level missions to Asia promoting Australia’s ICT capability and appeal as a technology investment destination.
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Australia’s largest ever offshore trade promotion begins in China
15 Sep 2010
More than 250 companies will take part in Australia’s largest-ever offshore trade promotion at the 7th China International Small and Medium Enterprises Fair (CISMEF) in Guangzhou, South China (Sept 15 ...

Doing Business

Austrade’s business development specialists have prepared a range of market profiles that offer potential to assist in your exporting investigations. Austrade’s in-market teams have identified opportunities for Australian exporters in various industries (see profiled industries on the right side of this page).

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Country Profile

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  • ECONOMIC CLIMATE
    China's increasing middle class and urbanised population – whose income is on average three times that of rural areas – is demanding more sophisticated services, providing opportunities to diversify our trade relationship.
    » read more at DFAT
  • POLITICAL CLIMATE
    On 21 December 2012, Australia and China marked 40 years of diplomatic relations. The signing of the Joint Communiqué establishing diplomatic relations in 1972 marked a significant turning point in the bilateral relationship.
    » read more at DFAT
  • TRADE RELATIONS
    The bilateral relationship continues to grow in breadth and depth. The relationship is soundly based on strong economic and trade complementarities and assisted by a comprehensive program of high-level visits and activities.
    » read more at DFAT

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IP Passport fact sheets

These fact sheets outline foreign Intellectual Property (IP) regimes and some of the issues and challenges which may be faced by Australian exporters.

The current fact sheets are available on the IP Australia website.

APEC Business Travel Card Scheme

Managed by the Department of Immigration, the APEC Business Travel Card Scheme was developed to make travelling within the 21 APEC member countries much simpler and more efficient.

OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

Multinational Enterprises should be aware of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises that provide voluntary principles and standards for responsible business behaviour in a variety of areas, consistent with applicable domestic laws. These Guidelines are endorsed and promoted by the Australian Government. For more information, go to the AusNCP website.

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