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The task of establishing a
criteria for evaluating Chinese and Australian cities, and also for setting the
priorities for commercial activity, needs now to be confronted in a
systematic way. It should be possible to
evaluate each city in terms of at least four criteria: Trade between the Chinese city and Australia, and similarly between the
Australian city and China. The major geographical locations and
product/service categories should also be identifiable. Investment as above especially outward investment from cities, inward
investment sources may be more difficult to analyse. Industry plans by municipalities and major locally based companies can be
obtained to identify both immediate opportunities and growth
complementarities with cities in the other country. Commerce business relationships at the institutional levels are usually
confidential, but there are all sorts of public and private Australia China
linkages that are on record through government, associations, universities
and the media sources. A pattern of economic
relationship between Australia and China can be built up in this way suitable
for evaluation purposes and deciding priorities among cities. Assisting this process will be
the future Australia Education and Business Training Centres in China and the
annual Workshops in Australia on Urban Services, Rural Industries,
Infrastructure and Commercial Culture. In this respect the following
priorities are suggested: Urban Services urban design, real estate and
property international trade services finance, insurance and business
services communications, transport and
local storage wholesale and retail entertainment and recreational
activities government services such as
public administration, health and social welfare general manufacturing Rural Industries township and village enterprises agriculture aquaculture, including fisheries
and processing livestock and animal husbandry forestry and timber industries mining and energy production Infrastructure urban and rural water supply and
reticulation wastewater treatment solid waste disposal pollution control gas supply, especially transmission
and distribution electricity supply, including
generation, transmission and distribution telecommunications in its
totality air transport systems sea transport systems land transport systems (rail and
road) Commercial Culture visual arts performing arts professional sports recreational sports venue design logistical support associated industries tourism media education/intellectual The task of analysing each of
the 200 Chinese cities and 100 Australian cities according to these criteria
will not be easy or achieved quickly. Nevertheless a grid developed from
the current relationship between Chinese cities and Australia, and Australian
cities and China, based on these priorities will provide an economic
snapshot, or foundation for identifying concrete future opportunities for
member companies and therefore accelerate commercial linkages between
Australian and Chinese non-government bodies. The Chamber Key City Strategy is
never static. It has evolved with knowledge and experience according to changing
circumstances over the last decade. It will do the same over the next decade.
However the growing sophistication of the Australia China relationship is now
making possible aspects of the Strategy that proved too difficult to
accomplish in previous years. The City Index concept is one
more step forward. |
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