Victoria’s China Strategy: For a New Golden Era renews Victoria’s friendship with China for the future. It updates Victoria’s framework for deepening our important and long-standing relationship with China in a complex and dynamic global environment.
For the next five years, the Strategy will support Victorian businesses and organisations to expand their reach in China, opening doors for new commercial and people-to-people ties, and ensure Victoria’s diverse strengths are showcased and leveraged in-market. Victoria is already a national leader and destination for meaningful engagement with China.
Victoria will build on that status and continue to strengthen our reputation as a preferred destination for Chinese visitors, students, researchers, and investors, while deepening our engagement with Victoria’s Chinese community.
Looking to the future, our partnerships across industry, community, and government align with Victoria’s long-term goals of innovation, productivity, and economic prosperity.
Above all, given the strength and leadership of the Chinese diaspora in Victoria, our approach will be community-focused, ensuring that benefits flow to local communities, support job creation, and reflect the diversity and values of all Victorians.
The Strategy aims to deepen our relationship with China across our areas of mutual strength to achieve the following:
- Agribusiness: Victoria is a leading source of China’s premium food and fibre imports and a preferred partner for agricultural innovation.
- Health and life sciences: Victoria’s world class medical research and health technology sectors are equipped and supported to work effectively with their Chinese counterparts.
- Creative industries and sport: Victorian and Chinese creative and sporting organisations enjoy enduring and commercially beneficial exchange.
- Education: Victoria is a favoured destination for Chinese international students and Victorian institutions are growing partnerships in China.
- Visitor economy: Victoria, including regional Victoria, is the Australian destination of choice for Chinese visitors.
- Innovation and investment: Victoria and China share stronger bilateral research, investment, and commercial outcomes across priority sectors, including clean energy.
- Community: Victoria’s Chinese communities feel represented, included, safe, empowered, and understood.
- Cultural exchange: Victoria and China share greater mutual understanding and appreciation of each other’s cultures, histories, and societies.
- Literacy and capability: Victoria is recognised as a national leader in Chinese language and capability.
The new Strategy outlines ambitious actions for the next five years, providing a roadmap for government, industry, communities, and all partners to work together to deliver shared prosperity.
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