MEDIA RELEASE: Delegates selected to participate in the 2015 ACYD in Brisbane, Australia

The Australia-China Youth Dialogue (ACYD) is delighted to announce today the delegates selected to participate in the 2015 ACYD to be held in Brisbane, Australia from 4-7 December. From the nearly 250 applications, 30 delegates have been selected to participate in the Dialogue. Short listing delegates proved a difficult task for the selection committee as the overall candidate standard was extremely high.

The ACYD interviews Professor Ross Garnaut AO, Australia’s Ambassador to China 1985-1988

Watch ACYD alumnus, 2010 delegate Peter Cai interviews Professor Ross Garnaut AO, Australian National University, who was the Australia’s Ambassador to China from 1985 to 1988 on topics including Australia-China relations, the new Australian Prime Minister, climate change, Chinese economy, FTA, and many more.

REGIONAL CHINA RISES: AUSTRALIAN BUSINESSES SHOULD VENTURE BEYOND SHANGHAI AND SHENZHEN TO RIDE THE PROJECT OF THE CENTURY

By Stephanie Daveson & Aidan Lavin

CHINESE PROVERB: A LOST OPPORTUNITY NEVER RETURNS (机不可失, 时不再来) Australia’s perception of China has been shaped by Shanghai’s glamour, the halls of power in Beijing and Shenzhen’s vibrant economy. These centres are important, but for Australian businesses there are opportunities elsewhere in China.

MEDIA RELEASE: New partnership between ACYD and Asia Society

Asia Society Australia is Australia’s leading national centre for engagement with the Indo-Pacific Asia, based in Sydney.  Asia Society Australia promotes greater connectivity and deeper understanding between Australia and the Indo-Pacific in the areas of business, policy, culture and education and provides a high-level and innovative platform for Australian and Asian leaders and champions of engagement to connect, exchange ideas and develop meaningful relationships. Asia Society Australia is a not-for-profit, non-governmental and non-political organisation empowered by the membership of leading Australian and regional business, education and cultural institutions.

China’s “new normal”: structural change, better growth, and peak emissions

By 2014 delegate Fergus Green and Professor Stern

China has grown rapidly – often at double-digit rates – for more than three decades
by following a strategy of high investment, strong export orientation and energy-intensive
manufacturing. While this growth lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty, it also heightened problems of inequality – personal, regional and urban-rural – and intensified pollution, congestion and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.