ECNS – Following the conclusion of the third China Worldwide Provide Chain Expo (CISCE) in Beijing Sunday, the China-Australia Chamber of Commerce (AustCham China) instructed China Information Community that the occasion has turn into an essential platform for deepening provide chain collaboration between Australian and Chinese language corporations, and that Australian companies stay strongly assured within the Chinese language market.
AustCham China CEO Tian Zhang stated that the timing of this 12 months’s CISCE was particularly vital, as world provide chains are underneath twin stress from rising protectionism and geopolitical uncertainty, difficult conventional commerce fashions. On this context, AustCham China’s member corporations have elevated the popularity of CISCE, with a transparent rise in Australian individuals this 12 months.
Photograph taken on July 20, 2025 exhibits the sales space of the China-Australia Chamber of Commerce on the CISCE in Beijing. (Photograph: China Information Community/Gong Weiwei)
Zhang famous that the CISCE provides a superb platform for member corporations to attach with upstream and downstream suppliers and shoppers, whereas additionally serving as an essential window to discover rising companies and market alternatives.
In keeping with the chamber’s newly launched 2025 Doing Enterprise in China Report, 67% of Australian companies view China as one in all their prime three world funding locations, and almost half elevated their investments in China over the previous 12 months.
This confidence stems not solely from the dimensions and consumption potential of the Chinese language market, but in addition from a optimistic outlook on its coverage surroundings, stated AustCham China’s Chair Vaughn Barber.
He emphasised the robust industrial complementarity between the 2 nations in areas corresponding to inexperienced vitality, crucial minerals, and agriculture.
Zhang elaborated on this complement that Australia, as a serious provider of fresh vitality uncooked supplies, boasts considerable reserves of lithium, nickel, and uncommon earths, in addition to strong R&D and commercialization capabilities in rising applied sciences like hydrogen and carbon seize. In the meantime, China has strengths in inexperienced manufacturing, clever gear, and clear vitality software. “These synergies create favorable situations for collectively constructing inexperienced collaborative provide chains.”
Barber hailed Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s current go to to China as a optimistic sign. It mirrored Australian dedication to a constructive relationship and willingness to interact on complicated points, he stated, noting that Australia-China ties are actually progressing from stabilization to a brand new stage of deepened cooperation.
Wanting forward, Barber expressed optimism that complementary strengths and collaborative innovation between biliteral companies will unlock higher potential in clear vitality, fashionable agriculture, and edtech. He believes this cooperation not solely helps Australia’s financial transition, but in addition strengthens each nations’ capability to climate uncertainty.
Barber concluded that China will stay an indispensable a part of Australian corporations’ world methods.
(By Gong Weiwei)
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