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China Briefing 4/12 – ‘New Rich’: China’s Growing Middle Class and Chinese Business Migrants draws croud

More than 100 guests registered for this China Briefing at the University of Adelaide’ on Thurday, 27 September 2012. Renowned University of Sydney Professor David Goodman, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences’ Professor Chunling Li and Immigration SA’s Business Migration Manager Mr Zac McCrindle shared the stage. They spoke about the growing Chinese middle class, the discussion in China [...]
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China Briefing 5/12 – What the Chinese leadership will do about China’s problems: Corruption, inequality, environmental degradation and social unrest

5.30pm, 15 November 2012. Theatrette, 55 Currie Street (Ground floor), Adelaide.
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China Briefing 4/12, The ‘New Rich’: China’s Growing Middle Class & Chinese Business Migrants

5:30-7:00pm, Thursday 27 September 2012, Mezzanine-Level 5 Hub Central, University of Adelaide
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阿德莱德大学孔子学院举办2012年度第二期“当代中国高端论坛”

5月15日晚,阿德莱德大学孔子学院品牌项目 —“当代中国高端论坛”本年度第二期在阿德莱德市中心安永大厦成功举行。中央编译局副局长、北京大学中国政府创新研究中心主任俞可平教授与阿德莱德大学教授、中国问题专家Andrew Watson教授围绕中国的社会改革问题分别作了主旨发言。 本届论坛由阿德莱德大学副校长Kent Anderson教授主持。孔子学院澳方院长高默波教授首先致欢迎词。澳大利亚外交事务与贸易部驻南澳州办事处室主任Alex Brooking先生、南澳州议会前议员Lea Stevens女士、阿大前副校长John Taplin教授、阿大社会科学院院长Greg McCarthy教授、南澳华联会会长许榕先生、香港澳洲商会南澳分会主席Patrick Ho先生、孔子学院中方院长王绍斌先生、澳方副院长张宁女士等出席本次活动。 俞可平教授演讲的题目是《中国的社会改革与和谐社会》,他以大量调查数据为依据介绍了中国改革开放以来在政治、经济、社会、文化等方面取得的巨大成就,特别是中国政府在构建和谐社会方面所作出的努力和取得的进步。针对发展中暴露出来的一些问题,俞教授探讨了解决的建议,并提出在某些问题上中国可以向澳大利亚借鉴经验。中国问题专家Andrew Watson教授的演讲主要针对中国在经济转型期如何更好地构建社会福利体系。 本次论坛吸引了一百多位当地政界、商界、学界的人士参加。专家演讲结束后,现场听众积极与主讲人互动,并且有当地听众用地道的汉语与主讲人探讨中国问题,中国影响力的日益增强可见一斑。提问环节结束后,在轻松友好的氛围下,主讲人与现场听众一边享用孔院准备的茶点,一边继续就讲座相关内容进行了热烈的探讨。本届“当代中国高端论坛”在晚8点正式结束。 “当代中国高端论坛”是阿德莱德大学孔子学院为加深南澳对中国的了解而设置的项目,提供关于中国最新经济、政治、文化及南澳公众关心的热点话题资讯。每期论坛由孔子学院邀请各领域顶级专家主讲,面向公众开设,至今已成功举办了13 期,在南澳地区取得了积极反响。
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China Briefing 3/12: China’s Economic Growth, Energy and Environmental Sustainability

Wednesday July 11, 2012; 5:00 pm for 5:30 start (end: 7:00 pm) Level 12, Ernst & Young Building, 121 King William Street, Adelaide SA 5000 Speakers: Dr Dale Wen, environmental researcher and activist, based in Germany Mr Simon Divecha, Business Manager of The Environment Institute, University of Adelaide Mr John O’Brien, Managing Director and Founder, Australian CleanTech More information about the [...]
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CB 2/12: The Challenges of Building a Social Sector in China, 15 May 2012

In this second China Briefing of the year, the topic of social reform in China was discussed by two experts, Professor Keping Yu and Professor Emeritus Andrew Watson. The Chinese government introduced social reforms in 2002, understanding that the extremely rapid economic development not only put China on the world stage as an economic powerhouse, but also created [...]
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China Briefing 1/12 ‘China’s Economic Outlook 2012 – Challenges to its development, the role of Hong Kong and the implications for Australia’, 21 March 2012

Leesa Vlahos MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier, officially launched the 2012 China Briefing series. The three speakers at this first Briefing of the year approached the topic from very different angles. Dr Minquan Liu stressed that education and health ultimately are the key to any economic development in China in the long run and that tackling these two issues is one [...]
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China Briefing 3/11 ‘Technology, Innovation and Investment in China’

The third China Briefing of the year addressed the current investment climate in China. Mr Rob Scott, Co-Founder and Director of a venture capital and advisory firm in Shanghai, offered a wealth of information about the forces driving the change from a labour-intensive economy to an IP- intensive economy, the importance of the 12th 5-year [...]
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China Briefing 4/11: “The future role of Australia in its crucial relationship with China”

29 September. 5.30pm – 7.00pm. 55 Currie Street.
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China Briefing 2/11 – The Chinese Wine Market: An Update

Presenters’ powerpoint presentations: Peter Bailey | Ava Huang | Mark Watson Join the Confucius Institute at the University of Adelaide and the Australia China Business Council (SA) for this second China Briefing of 2011 held in the heartland of the South Australian Wine industry, the Barossa Valley. Hear the latest on the Chinese Wine Market from Wine industry experts [...]
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