6-8 December 2013 | Peking University, Beijing

BACKGROUND

The Australia-China High-Level Talks is a major project initiated by La Trobe University (the Centre for Dialogue and the Centre for China Studies) in partnership with Peking University, the Australia China Business Council, the State Government of Victoria (DSDBI), and Air China. 

The aim is to promote a deeper understanding in each country of the economic, cultural, social and political outlook of the other on a range of bilateral, regional and global issues. 

The Australia-China High-Level Talks will be inaugurated with an intensive two‑day dialogue to be held in Beijing on 6 - 8 December 2013. This will mark over 40 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. It will be a unique opportunity for senior figures in the business, policy‑making and academic communities of the two countries to explore in a highly interactive format current and future trends, likely challenges and possible responses.

OBJECTIVES

The inaugural meeting of The Australia-China High-Level Talks will:

•Consider policy issues that are central to the future consolidation of the Australia-China relationship;

•Improve the quality and intensity of dialogue and cooperation between Australia and China, through the development of culturally sensitive policy-oriented intellectual exchanges;

•Develop policy recommendations that are relevant to the work of government, the business sector and the academic community in key policy areas;

•Publish and disseminate in different formats the findings and recommendations arising from the dialogue itself or research commissioned as a result of the dialogue – to be published in a range of different formats to suit different audiences in both English and Chinese;

•Prepare the ground for a more