何康文 (Kevin Hobgood-Brown)
澳大利亚中国工商业委员会主席
Mr Kevin Hobgood-Brown
Chairman, Australia China Business Council
自成立以来，澳大利亚中国贸易理 事会（ACBC）始终致力于促进两国贸易关系的健康发展。近年来，中国经济增长强劲，为澳大利亚企业带来了诸多有利于长期发展的绝好机会。
2005年4月18日，澳大利亚总理霍华德(JohnHoward)与中国总理温家宝签署了启动两国间《自由贸易协定》(FTA) 谈判的协议，表明了两国领导人期望通过更加紧密的合作来谋求利益的意图。
对澳大利亚来说，中国的重要性毋庸置疑。中国是澳大利亚的第三大商品贸易伙伴，两国的商品贸易以每年近20%的速度增长。中国同时也是澳大利亚教育与旅游产业增长最快的市场。目前有将近7万名中国留学生在澳大利亚求学，这一部门增长的惟一瓶颈，是我们的教育机构满足这些重要学生需求的能力。按照目前的旅游业增长率，从现在起到2014年，120万访澳的中国游客每年将为澳大利亚经济注入16亿澳元。如果澳中 《自由贸易协定》能在2006年实行，到2015年，澳大利亚的实际GDP预计可以从中获得180亿美元的增量。
中国的经济规模要大得多，而更加紧密的中澳关系将使中国在诸多方面受益， 尤其是服务业与农业。澳大利亚目前是中国的第九大商品贸易伙伴。即将实行的《自由贸易协定》内容非常广泛，中国将从中获益匪浅。如果该协定在2006年得以实行，到2015年，中国实际的GDP预计可以从中获得640亿美元（合人民币5297亿元）的增量。
在这种持续增长的背景下，作为澳大利亚促进澳中商业联系的首要机构，澳中贸易理事会感到非常荣幸。我们在五个州的分支机构，能及时准确地为所有聚焦中国的企业提供资讯和有关活动的信息。
2008年奥运会将在北京举行，而上海也将主办2010年世界博览会，澳大利亚与中国企业将有广泛的机会建立持久的商业伙伴关系。我非常荣幸地代表澳中贸易理事会，向这本精美图书的出版商表示祝贺，并相信这本图书将增进澳大利亚和中国工商业组织之间的了解与友谊。
网址: www.acbc.com.au
The Australia China Business Council (ACBC) has promoted the healthy and growing trade relationship between Australia and China throughout the Council’s history. With each passing year, strong economic growth in China is presenting Australian business with robust opportunities for long-term growth. The agreement to launch negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Australia and China, signed by Prime Minister John Howard and Premier Wen Jiabao on 18 April 2005, displays the intent of leaders from both countries to pursue the benefits of closer integration.
For Australia, the importance of China is beyond doubt. China is Australia’s third-largest merchandise trading partner, with growth in merchandise trade of almost 20% per annum. China is Australia’s fastest growing market for education and tourism. With almost 70,000 Chinese nationals studying in Australia, the only restriction on growth in this sector is the capacities of our educational institutions to meet the needs of these important students. At the current growth rate in the tourism sector, by 2014, 1.2 million Chinese visitors to Australia will be injecting A$1.6bn into the Australian economy annually. If a Free Trade Agreement is implemented in 2006, Australia could expect a rise in real GDP of US$18bn by 2015.
Despite having a much larger economy, China can look forward to extensive gains from increased integration with Australia, particularly in the areas of services and agriculture. Australia currently stands as China’s ninth largest merchandise trading partner. The benefits to China of implementing a comprehensive FTA soon, are substantial. If applied in 2006, China could expect a growth in real GDP of US$64bn (RMB529.7bn) by 2015.
Against this background of continuous growth, the Australia China Business Council is pleased to be Australia’s premier organisation for the promotion of business links between Australia and China. Our five state branches provide an accurate and timely supply of information and events for all industries focusing on China.
With the Olympics in Beijing in 2008 and the Shanghai World Expo in 2010, there will be extensive opportunities for Australian and Chinese business to create lasting commercial partnerships. On behalf of the Australia China Business Council, I am pleased to congratulate the publishers of this fine book on helping business organisations in both Australia and China become better acquainted.
