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Trade and
Investment Policy Commercial and
Industry Policy Public Affairs and
Media Policy Culture and
Sporting Policy |
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Global Trade and
Investment Institutions: http://www.accci.com.au/Global
Trade Institutions.htm Global Trade and
Investment Strategies: http://www.accci.com.au/Global
Trade Strategies.htm Economics and
Politics of the G20: http://www.accci.com.au/G20.htm Commercial and Industrial
Opportunities and Policies: http://www.accci.com.au/Ops&Policies.htm Corporate
Governance and Business Ethics: http://www.accci.com.au/CorporateGovernance.htm Human Rights and
Related Issues: http://www.accci.com.au/HumanRights.htm Other Public
Affairs Issues: http://www.accci.com.au/Other
PA Issues.htm Culture and
Sporting Policy Priorities: http://www.accci.com.au/C&S
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Last
updated 5 December 2010 The
Trade and Investment Policy Committee is the engine room of the Chamber; it
provides the theoretical direction for the Australia-China economic
interface. In the early years this was
principally exports and imports, and by the mid 1980s joint-venture
investments became a major focus.
During the 1990s, with China’s impending entry in the World Trade
Organisation, the committee’s boundaries were expanded to include regional
and global trade and investment relations. Issues
of Interest to the Committee Global Trade and
Investment Institutions: http://www.accci.com.au/Global
Trade Institutions.htm Global Trade and
Investment Strategies: http://www.accci.com.au/Global
Trade Strategies.htm Economics and
Politics of the G20: http://www.accci.com.au/G20.htm Related
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Last updated 13
December 2010 The
Commercial Committee, since 1976, has always been the “meat and potatoes” of
ACCCI activities. It is where all the
colourful “China hands” have congregated.
Its initial responsibility was in facilitating commercial
relationships between Chamber members and enterprises in China. To
give it a more flexible direction and structure, the Executive Committee
decided to sign co-operative agreements with a small number of provinces and
cities. Subsequently this became the
original Key Cities Strategy with a specific emphasis on the four broad
categories of industries known as: ·
Urban Services ·
Rural Industries ·
Infrastructure ·
Commercial Culture A
more complete description of the Key Cites Strategy is available on the
Internet site. Refer to: Key Cities Strategy Issues
of Interest to the Committee Commercial and
Industrial Opportunities and Policies:
http://www.accci.com.au/Ops&Policies.htm |
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Last updated 5
December 2010 Since
1989, various events covered by the media in Australia have had an impact on
bilateral trade and investment, as well as commerce and industry. In order to respond quickly and
consistently to media requests for information and opinions on these events,
a special committee was established in 1995. Recent Media
Releases: http://accci.com.au/media.htm Issues
of Interest to the Committee Business Ethics and
Corporate Governance: http://www.accci.com.au/Ethics&Governance.htm Freedom of
Information, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity: http://www.accci.com.au/FOI.htm Other Public
Affairs Issues: http://www.accci.com.au/Other
PA Issues.htm |
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Last updated 15
December 2010 From
the very beginning in September 1976, the Chamber recognised that cultural
differences can have an impact on trade and on mutually beneficial
relations. The first trade mission to
China, organised by ACCCI in 1977, faced this daunting problem at the end of
the Cultural Revolution and prior to the official launch by Deng Xiaoping of
the Open Door Policies in December 1978. The
contrast or hurdle between rule of law through the separation of powers in
Australia and administrative fiat from above in a one-party state such as
China was an awesome obstacle to Australian private company business. The
Chamber used the full range of “devices” to bring business people together in
those early years and thereby to scratch the surface of understanding at the
small to medium levels of commercial activity. This
is the reason for ACCCI’s historical involvement in
sport and particularly dragon boat racing and rugby union football. A cross-cultural plan took shape to help
introduce dragon boat racing to the young people of Australia, which
culminated in the inaugural Sydney Dragon Boat Festival in April 1984, and
rugby union football to the youth of China, which again was highlighted by
the First Beijing Tournament in November 1995. Issues
of Interest to the Committee Cultural and
Sporting Policy Priorities: http://www.accci.com.au/C&S
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