The Australia-China Chamber of Commerce and Industry of New South Wales
	SPECIAL PROJECTS All of the Chamber’s special projects concentrate on selected cities in China. Four such special projects exist at the present time and any information relating to them will be listed in the coloured sections below. AITCP – Australia Innovation and Technology Commercialisation Programme: Judd Webber, Project Director AIIP – Australia Inwards Investment Programme: John Wang, Project Director ATSSP – Australia Tourist Sites and Services Programme – Marilyn Walker, Project Director AEBTC – Australia Education and Business Training Centres: Helen Qiao, Project Director
AITCP	Speech by the Hon David Campbell MP, Acting Minister for State Development, Minister for Regional Development and Minister for Small Business, at the Australian Technology Showcase, 10 February 2004. Click here to download the PDF document. Presentation by Mr Ian Murray, Executive Director and General Manager, Australian Institute of Export (NSW) Ltd at the launching of the 2003 Premier’s NSW Exporter of the Year Awards, May 2003. Short version (592KB). Click here to download the PPT file. Full version (2,678KB) is available only on CD-ROM. Requests for a copy of the presentation on CD-ROM may be placed with Ms Helen Qiao (Tel: 9264 8088). Hunter Export Centre, hosted a presentation on the Australia-Singapore Free Trade Agreement by Mr Stephen Deady, on 28 May, 2003. The Singapore-Australia Free Trade Agreement was concluded on 17 February 2003. SAFTA is a comprehensive agreement that guarantees tariff free access for goods, improved market access for services, greater certainty for investors and further trade facilitation. Mr Deady led the team that concluded this Agreement. He will outline the benefits to Australian exporters and investors, particularly in legal, financial and education services. Click here to enlarge. Pictured from left to right: Dr Allan Pattison, Chairman, Hunter Economic Development Corporation, Mr Stephen Deady, Chief Negotiator, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Mr Judd Webber, 2003 Program Director, ACCCI Australian Innovation and Technology Commercialisation Program, NSW+Pearl River Delta Project, Ms Leigh Bryant, Chairperson, Hunter Export Centre, Mr Don Champagne, Manager, Hunter Export Centre and Mr Philip Green, NSW State Director, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The second round of negotiations on the proposed US-Australia Free Trade Agreement will be held in Hawaii from 19 May 2003. Mr Stephen Deady, Australia’s chief negotiator, will provide a debrief to business on the second round of negotiations. The event will also allow business to raise issues and provide input to the negotiation process. Mr Deady is a trade policy specialist, who has served overseas as Minister in the Australian Embassy in Washington. He now leads Australia’s negotiating team for the US-Australia FTA. ACCCI, through its Australian Innovation and Technology Commercialisation Program, is working closely with the Hunter Export Centre to develop increased trade between Australia and China. This meeting was an opportunity for Hunter Region Exporters to discuss the Singapore Free Trade Agreement and its implications for Australian exporters in the Asian Region, including China.
AIIP	AIIP Second Roadshow in China for 2003 Click here for report
ATSSP	Dongfang County: Selected as one of the ACCCI Australia’s Tourist Sites in China Text and photosof the site (in PDF) Visit to Basuo Australian Memorial Text and photos of the site (in Word)
	NEW ASIAN GALLERY FOR NEW SOUTH WALES Pictured are Edmund Capon AM OBE, Director, Art Gallery of New South Wales and Richard Johnson, Architect of Asian Gallery. They Give Evidence is a confronting and moving work by Dadang Christanto. The rebuilt Asian galleries at Art Gallery of New South Wales were opened on October 25, 2003. These galleries house extensive Asian collections and will provide space for regular temporary exhibitions of Asian arts. Christanto’s works speak eloquently for the victims of oppression and social injustice. Community Ambassadors - Mandarin and Cantonese Language introductions to the Art Gallery Collection by a new volunteer group of the Art Gallery Society. Tours can be booked with two weeks notice and are free. See the website for details. http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/member/volunteer/community_ambassadors
AEBTC	Media Release: Beijing Food and Wine Festival hosted by Swissotel Sydney – uploaded 16 June 2004. Click here for a copy (in PDF with photographs – 712 KB). Click here to enlarge. Photo of Mr Ren Gang from the Division of Africa and Oceania, Foreign Affairs Office, Hebei Provincial People's Government and Ms Helen Qiao, Project Director ACCCI Australia Education and Business Training Centre Programme (AEBTC) at the Shijiazhuang Education Exhibition on 9th June 2002.
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