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f. Beijing networking function, 6 July; Shanghai Expo event, 7-8 July; business matching program, 5-9 July.
g. The mission allowed opportunities for the official party and delegates to network with key allies and Chinese customers leveraging the ACT participating at the Shanghai Expo. Austrade arranged individual business matching programs to assist an individual company to meet its China market objectives. The Beijing Networking Function allowed the ACT Government to showcase its capabilities via a presentation and video.
h. Trade missions have direct and indirect outcomes and these come in both short and long term timeframes. Accordingly, it is not possible to measure in any meaningful way the outcomes from an individual mission. As you would be aware, the mission format is a way of ‘soft landing’ companies with export capability in new markets and also mixing these companies with more experienced exporters with more developed export strategies and experience. This mix of capabilities will see some companies achieve early success, while others will take much longer or not progress their plans at all, based on the accelerated learning of a mission. Trade missions are also about branding the Territory – taking a business capability and innovation message to new markets. Studies show that active exporters occupy an important place in the business community; as companies they tend to grow more quickly, pay higher wages, have higher rates of productivity, be more innovative and have a positive impact on their local supply chains.
• China Education 2010:
a. 13 – 18 September 2010.
b. 6 participant education institutions.
c. Austrade support, which included the provision of: in-market briefing in Shanghai, individual business matching meetings for delegates, booths and support at the China International Small and Medium Enterprise Fair (CISMEF), organisation of networking event, and general support throughout the China program (liaising with other Government departments and providing additional assistance and advice where requested and available).
d. $54,721.53.
e. $1,958.76 – ACTET.
f. University of Canberra alumni event, 12 September; CELAP Tour and Dinner, 13 September; ACT education dinner – Australian pavilion, Shanghai World Expo, 14 September; working lunch with the directors from the Department of Vocational Education and the International Exchange Office in Tianjin, 15 September; ACT networking event Guangzhou, 16 September; ANU function Shanghai, 17 September; individual business matching meetings, 13-18 September.
g. Positive meeting with government officials in Tianjin who were impressed with Australia’s education system and expressed strong interest in further discussion; CIT developed strong connections with the Beijing Municipal Education Commission; through CISMEF both the ACT Government and the education institutions showcased the strengths of ACT education and training and illustrated Canberra as an innovative learning city; Austrade’s business matching service created connections between the delegates and Chinese institutions; all delegates gave positive feedback as the mission assisted them in creating contacts with relevant businesses and developing a profile in China.
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