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     Australia located between the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean, consists of islands like mainland Australia, Tasmania and overseas territories. The Coral Sea and the Tasman Sea near the Pacific Ocean, the north, the west and the south face the Indian Ocean and its marginal seas. The coastline is 36,735 km long. The north is tropical and mostly temperate. The annual average air temperature is 27 ℃ to the north and 14 ℃ to the south.

     The earliest residents were the indigenous people. In 1770 British navigator James Cook arrived on the east coast anddeclared British possession of the land. The first group of British prisoners exiled to Australia on 26 January 1788 arrived at Sydney Bay, and England began establishing colonies in Australia, which was later designated Australian Day. In July 1900, the British Parliament passed the "Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia" and "the Dominion Ordinance of Britain". On 1 January 1901, the Australian colonial districts were changed to states, forming the Commonwealth of Australia. It became an independent country within the Commonwealth in 1931. In 1986, the British Parliament passed the "Relations Act with Australia", and Australia was granted full legislative power and judicial final adjudication.

     The Australian Federal Parliament was formed in 1901, consisting of the Queen (represented by the Governor of Australia), the House of Representatives and the Senate. The parliament adopts a universal vote.

     The federal government consists of a House majority or coalition of parties, with the party leader serving as prime minister and the ministers appointed by the premier. The government term is generally 3 years.

     The country is divided into six states and 2 districts. The six states are New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, and the Northern Territory and the Capital Region.

     [Judiciary] The Federal High Court is the highest judiciary in Australia with appellate jurisdiction over other courts at all levels and making decisions on cases involving constitutional interpretation, consisting of one Chief Justice and six justices.

     Australia is an industrialized country with developed agriculture and animal husbandry, rich natural resources, rich in sheep, cattle, wheat and sucrose, and is also an important producer and exporter of mineral products in the world.Agriculture, animal husbandry and mining industries are traditional industries in Australia, manufacturing and high-tech industries develop rapidly, and the service industry has become the leading industry of the national economy. Since the 1970 s, a series of economic reforms have been carried out, vigorously developing foreign trade and maintaining rapid economic growth. Between 1991 and 2008, the average annual economic growth rate was of 3.5%, ranking among the top among OECD countries.

     Since the 1980 s, Australia has achieved rapid growth through effective economic restructuring and reforms, achieving aseries of longest continuous growth in developed economies. In 2019, the Australian GDP reached A $ 195 million, an increase of 2.2%. A per capita GDP of $ 76,000 per capita, is one of the rapidly growing developed countries in the world. Influenced to the COVID-19 outbreak, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects Australia's economic growth to drop 6.7% in 2020.

 

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According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the bilateral trade volume between China and Australia was US $ 158.97 billion in 2019, up 10.9%. Among them, Australia's exports to China were US $ 103.90 billion, up 18.3%, accounting for 38.2% of total Australian exports, up 4.0 percentage points; Australia imported from China US $ 55.07 billion, down 0.8%, or 25.8% of total Australian imports, up 1.4 percentage points. Australia's trade surplus with China was US $ 48.83 billion, up 51.1 per cent.

Mineral products mainly metal sand have always been the main export product of Australia to China. In 2019, exports was USD 71.39 billion, an increase of 29.0%, accounting for 68.7% of the total Australian exports to China. Animal products are the second largest category of Australian exports to China, with US $ 4.18 billion, up 47.3%, or 4.0% of the total Australian exports to China. Textiles and raw materials are the third largest category of goods exported to China, with US $ 2.50 billion, up 4.0%, accounting for 2.4% of total Australian exports to China. As the share of mineral products in exports to China is nearly 70%, the performance of mineral exports to China basically determines the overall performance of Australian exports to China, while the rapid growth of animal products and textiles and raw materials further increases the growth of Australian exports to China. China was one of Australia's fastest-growing major export markets in 2019, second only to the UK.

The main commodities imported from China are mechanical and electrical products, textiles and furniture and miscellaneous products. The total products imported US $ 33.71 billion in 2019, accounting for 61.2% of the total Australian imports from China. In addition to the above products, base metals and products, plastic rubber, mineral products are also the major commodities (Class HS) imported by Australia from Australia 37, China, accounting for more than or nearly 5% of their imports. In general, Australia from China imports, in sharp contrast to the continuous high growth rate of Chinese exports, which also makes Australia 's trade surplus to continue rapid growth, growth as high as 51.1%, China is the largest source of Australian trade surplus, Australia'  s surplus accounted for more than 80% of the surplus, bilateral trade imbalance continues.

According to Chinese customs statistics, in 2019, the bilateral trade between China and Australia was US $ 169.62 billion, up 10.8% year on year, of which China exported to Australia US $ 48.19 billion, 1.8% year on year, USD 121.43 billion, up 14.8% year on year, and the trade deficit against Australia was US $ 73.25 billion.

Statistics Table of Goods Trade in Australia in the Recent Five Years

 

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The Chinese Embassy and Consulate in Australia http://au.chineseembassy.org Address: 15 Coronation Drive,Yarralumla,ACT 2600,AUSTRALIA Tel.: 62283999 Fax: 62283836 Email: chinaemb_au@mfa.gov.cn   Economic and Business Office of the Chinese Embassy in Australia Address: 15 Coronation Drive,Yarralumla,ACT 2600,Australia Tel: 0061 2 62283962 / 63 / 64 / 65 / 66 / 67 Fax: 0061 2 62283991   The Chinese Consulate-General in Adelaide http:// adelaide.china-consulate.org Address: 110 Crittenden Road,Findon SA 5023 Tel: 0061 8 82688807 Fax: 0061 8 82688800 Email: ade@mofcom.gov.cn   Consulate General in Brisbane (Australia) http://brisbane.chineseconsulate.org Address: Level 9,79 Adelaide St.,Brisbane QLD 4000 Tel: 07-32106509 Fax: 07-32106517 Email: Brisbane.mofcom.gov.cn     The Australian Embassy in China Address:No. 21, Dongzhimen Outer Street, Sanlitun Tel. (Tel): 51404111 (Embassy) 85328686 (Business Office) 51404424 (Visa Office) Fax (Fax): 51404348 (Military Office) 51404211 (Office) …

 

 

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FINE FOOD Exhibition Date: September Exhibition Venue: Sydney, Australia Exhibition cycle: 2 years and 1 session Sponsor: Diversified Exhibitions Australia Organization: Beijing Zhongling International Exhibition Co., Ltd. Industry properties Food, Beverage, Wine, and Tobacco     …