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ANNUAL REPORT 2001–02

Australia–China Council


ANNUAL REPORT 2001–02INCORPORATING REPORTS

FOR THE PERIOD 1999–2001

DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE


September 2002

The Honourable Alexander Downer MPMinister for Foreign AffairsParliament HouseCANBERRA ACT 2600

Dear Mr Downer

I am very pleased to submit to you the annual report of the Australia–China Council,covering the period 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002, which also incorporates reporting for theperiod from 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2001.

Yours sincerely

John Yu ACChair

Australia–China Council SecretariatPO Box E73, KINGSTON ACT 2604 AUSTRALIA

The R G Casey Building, John McEwen Crescent, BARTON ACT 0221 AUSTRALIATelephone: 02 6261 3818, 02 6261 2351; Facsimile: 02 6261 2143

Email: [email protected]

CONTENTS

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Introduction 1

Aims and objectives 2

Membership 2

Programs and activities 6

Education 6

Culture 8

Business 12

Special projects 14

Administrative overview 17

Appendix A: Financial statements 20

Appendix B: Recipients of ACC program awards 36

Appendix C:ACC Order-in-Council 44

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IntroductionThis year marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations betweenAustralia and the People’s Republic of China. Since the Australia–China Council’s establish-ment in 1978 it has played a valuable role in broadening the range of contacts between ourtwo countries, beyond traditional areas of official and governmental interaction.

Together with a great many other organisations, the Council has supported and encouragedcultural and educational exchange over the past three decades. As a result we now have abetter knowledge and understanding of each other’s culture and society. Our currency hasbeen visual and performing artists, writers, academics and, most importantly, our youngpeople. Both countries have acquired an invaluable resource—young people who speak thelanguage of, and feel at ease in, either country. It is they who will take forward our work.

I should like to thank Council members for their contribution to the Council’s workthrough giving their time generously to participate in meetings and selection processes forthe Council’s advertised programs. I would also like to thank the Department of ForeignAffairs and Trade,Australia’s missions in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong, andthe Australian Commerce and Industry Office,Taipei for their support.

John Yu ACChairAustralia–China Council

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Aims and objectives

Mission statement

To foster people-to-people relations between Australia and China, by:

promotion of Australia’s national interests in China through fostering a greater awareness ofAustralia as a technologically sophisticated, multicultural, open and liberal society, orientedtowards Asia;

building a greater awareness of China in Australia, with particular emphasis on customs,cultural and ethical values, business priorities and contemporary issues.

Strategic goals

To support the further development of Australian Studies in China through a range ofvisiting academic programs, the biennial Conference on Australian Studies and grants toAustralian Studies Centres.

To promote greater awareness and understanding of China in Australia through programs forstudents to study in China.

To encourage and support cultural activities and exchanges in all aspects of the arts (includingdance, literature, music, new media arts, theatre, visual arts and craft) and sporting activities.

To encourage and support the publication of material which will bring about increasedunderstanding of contemporary Australia within China and of contemporary Chinawithin Australia.

To develop pilot projects that will assist the Australian business sector in its dealingswith China.

To develop a cadre of young graduates with intercultural skills and a practical understandingof doing business with China.

MembershipThe Order in Council of 17 May 1978 constituting the Australia–China Council, and sub-sequent amendments, provide that the Council shall consist of a Chair and no less than fourand no more than 16 other members. Members are appointed by the Governor-General onthe recommendation of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and are drawn from various sectorsof the Australian community.They are selected so as to ensure that, over time, the Councilis broadly representative of the community and that it also reflects specific areas of expertiseand experience relevant to the development of Australia–China relations.The Chair of theCouncil may be appointed for up to five years, and the other members may be appointedfor terms of up to three years. Members may be reappointed.

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Members of the Australia–China Council as at 30 june 2002

Chair:

Dr John Yu AC, Chancellor, University of New South Wales (appointed as member for threeyears from 30 June 1997 then appointed as Chair for three years from 11 October 2000)

Deputy Chair:

Ms Dinah Dysart, visual arts writer, editor and curator, Sydney (appointed as member forthree years from 4 February 1998 and reappointed as member for three years from27 September 2001)

Members:

Mr John Allen, Carlisle Partners Pty, Sydney (appointed for three years from 4 February 1998and reappointed for three years from 27 September 2001)

Mr Robin Chambers, Senior Partner, Chambers and Company, Melbourne (appointed forthree years from 11 October 2000)

Dr Thomas Chiu, Thomas Chiu and Associates, Sydney (appointed for three years from4 February 1998 and reappointed for three years from 27 September 2001)

Professor John Fitzgerald,Asian Studies Program, La Trobe University, Melbourne (appointedfor three years from 16 February 2000)

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Australia–China Council members (back row from left) Mr Robin Chambers, Dr Thomas Chiu, Prof KamLouie, Mr David Gilbert, Prof Alice Tay AM, Prof John Fitzgerald, (front row from left) Mr John Allen,Ms Dinah Dysart (Deputy Chair), Dr John Yu AC (Chair) and Ms Peggy Lau Flux, November 2001.

(Absent: Mr David Sadleir AO, Dr Alan Thomas.)

Mr David Gilbert, National Director, Woodhead International, Adelaide—relocatedShanghai, China May 2002 (appointed for three years from 27 September 2001)

Ms Peggy Lau Flux, Company Director, Adelaide (appointed for three years from11 October 2000)

Professor Kam Louie, Professor of Chinese Studies, University of Queensland (appointed forthree years from 27 September 2001)

Mr David Sadleir AO, Business Consultant and former Ambassador to China, Victoria(appointed for three years from 30 June 1997 and reappointed for three years from1 July 2000)

Professor Alice Tay AM, President, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission,Sydney (appointed for three years from 11 October 2000)

Dr Alan Thomas, Deputy Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (appointed forthree years from 4 September 2000)

Retirements and resignations

Mr Stuart Simson, Managing Director, Simson Media Pty Ltd, Melbourne (appointed asChair for three years from 16 April 1997, having been Acting Chair from 30 June 1996;appointed member for three years from 18 June 1992 and reappointed for three years from18 June 1995)

Mr Miles Kupa, Deputy Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Canberra(appointed for three years from 13 April 1999)

Ms Catherine Livingstone, Managing Director, Cochlear Limited, Sydney (appointed forthree years from 4 February 1998)

Mr Robert Minter, Managing Director, First Asia Project Consulting Pty Limited, Sydney(appointed for three years from 4 February 1998)

Mr Richard Sheppard, Deputy Managing Director, Macquarie Bank Limited, Sydney(appointed for three years from 4 February 1998)

Professor James Walter, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Arts, Teaching and Learning), GriffithUniversity, Brisbane (appointed for three years from 25 October 1994 and reappointed fortwo years from 4 February 1998)

Professor Andrew Watson,Associate Dean (Research), and Director, Centre for Asian Studies,University of Adelaide,Adelaide (appointed for three years from 25 October 1994 and reap-pointed for two years from 4 February 1998, resignation with effect 1 July 1999)

The Chair, on behalf of the Council, wishes to thank the retiring members for the valuedcontribution they have made to the Council’s work through their willingness to contributetheir time and expertise to enhance the Australia–China relationship.

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Committee structure

During the reporting period, the Council has developed its work through a system ofcommittees, which have made recommendations to the full Council meetings on the allo-cation of funds for projects, programs and discretionary awards.The committee structure asat 30 June 2002 was:

Chairs’ Committee: ACC Chair and Deputy Chair and the Chairs of each program commit-tee (Culture, Education, Business). The Chairs’ Committee assesses projects which willenhance the Australia–China relationship but which fall outside the scope of the programcommittees.

Culture Committee: Mr David Sadleir AO (Chair), Ms Dinah Dysart, Mr Robin Chambers,Dr John Yu AC

Education Committee: Prof John Fitzgerald (Chair), Dr Thomas Chiu, Prof Alice Tay AM,Ms Peggy Lau Flux, Prof Kam Louie

Business Committee: Mr John Allen (Chair), Dr Thomas Chiu, Ms Peggy Lau Flux,Mr Robin Chambers, Mr David Gilbert, Prof Kam Louie

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Programs and activities

Education

A major part of the Council’s funding each year is allocated to ongoing ACC-initiatedprograms in the field of education. Rather than awarding discretionary funds in response toad hoc grant applications for education related activities, the Council has developed a rangeof annual programs which are designed to achieve specific outcomes and long-term benefitsfor Australia–China relations.

Australian Studies Centres

There are a number of active Australian Studies Centres (ASCs) at tertiary institutions andresearch academies throughout China.The centres provide a focus for the study of a broadrange of topics on Australia, including politics, history and social studies, international tradeand commerce, women’s studies, cinema and media studies, science and technology studies,and comparative literature. Activities include seminars, lectures and discussion groups onAustralian Studies, liaison with Australian academics, and publication of articles on Australiaand translations of Australian works.

During the reporting period the Council continued to provide annual infrastructure fundingto a number of ASCs to enable them to maintain a regular program of activities and to covergeneral running costs. Australian Studies Centres receiving infrastructure support as at30 June 2002 were:

Anhui University, Hefei,Anhui ProvinceBeijing Foreign Studies University, BeijingChinese Academy of Social Sciences, BeijingEast China Normal University, ShanghaiHangzhou University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang ProvinceNankai University,TianjinPeople’s Liberation Army Foreign Language University, Luoyang, Henan ProvinceRenmin University, BeijingShanghai Academy of Social Sciences, ShanghaiSuzhou University, Suzhou, Jiangsu ProvinceXiamen University, Xiamen.

Competitive Projects Program

The Council’s Australian Studies program was formally reviewed in May 1997 and theoutcomes of the implementation of those recommendations were further reviewed inOctober 2000, by Professor David Carter.

In considering Professor Carter’s report, the Council agreed that Australian Studies Centresshould be encouraged to compete for funding by applying under an outputs-focussed

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process. The Council therefore instituted in 2000 a Competitive Projects Program, whichoffers funding for innovative and collaborative Australian Studies projects.The Council hopesthis program will enhance the range and vigour of Australian Studies in China. Projectsshowing evidence of collaboration with an Australian institution are favoured, and priorityis given to applications channelled through an Australian Studies Centre recognised by itshost institution in China. Merit is the major criterion for ranking and selection, which isundertaken by Council members. A list of Competitive Projects awards during the report-ing period is provided at Appendix B of this report.

Visiting Fellowships and Visiting Studentships

The Council continued to enhance its Australian Studies activities by supporting the VisitingFellowships and Visiting Studentships programs instituted in 1997–98. Under those programstwo-to-three researchers, and two-to-three postgraduate students from China, spend threeand six months respectively attached to an Australian university conducting research andfieldwork in Australian Studies.The majority of award recipients have come from AustralianStudies Centres in China.A list of recipients of Visiting Fellowship and Visiting Studentshipawards during the reporting period is provided at Appendix B of this report.

Books and publications

As part of ongoing support of Australian studies, over a number of years the Council hassupplied books to selected Australian Studies Centres in China. In 2001–02 it moved to makebook funding available to all Australian Studies Centres in China which are formally recog-nised by their host institutions.

The Council has further supported Australian studies by funding special publications inChinese and awarding an annual book prize. The current Australian Studies Book Prizereplaces the previous Australian Studies Translation Prize and broadens the scope of theaward to original work as well as translations. No suitable nominations were received for theTranslation Prize in 2000 and it was not awarded.The 2001 Book Prize was awarded in 2002to Professor Du Xuezeng, Professor and Dean of the School of English, Beijing ForeignStudies University, for his original work Australian Language and Culture.

In early 1999 the Council commenced a project for the writing and publication of a seriesof reading materials on Australia for Chinese high schools.The successful tenderer,WilsonSarre and Associates, has prepared draft texts which the Council is reviewing.

Biennial Australian Studies Conference

Academics and students from ASCs come together every two years at the Biennial AustralianStudies Conference in China. These conferences have provided valuable opportunities toconsolidate the network of contacts in the field across the Asian region. During the report-ing period the Council has provided funding support for the 7th Australian StudiesConference at Xi’an Foreign Languages University, Beijing (November 2000) and the

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8th Australian Studies Conference to be held at Anhui University, Hefei (November 2002).A report on the 7th Conference is included later in this report, under the item on the ACCdelegation visit to China in 2000.

Short-Term Study Program

The Short-Term Study program was developed by the ACC in conjunction with AFSIntercultural Programs,Australia (AFS).The inaugural visit was undertaken in the Australiansummer school holidays of 1998–99. Under this program, the Council assists each year 10Australian students aged between 14 and 18 and who are studying Chinese, together with achaperone (a former ACC Young Scholar), to visit China for four weeks. Students stay at theBeijing No.12 Middle School as well as spending several days at the home of a teacher fromthe school, and undertake a program of language training, cultural familiarisation and sight-seeing. During the reporting period AFS has been contracted by the Council to manage theprogram. A list of recipients of Short-Term Study awards during the reporting period isprovided at Appendix B of this report.

Australian Young Scholarsin China Program

The Council continued tosupport the Australian YoungScholars in China Program.AFSIntercultural Programs,Australia(AFS) was contracted duringthe reporting period to managethe program on behalf of theCouncil. Under this program,the Council assists each year anumber of outstanding Year 12graduates with Chineselanguage proficiency to further develop their language skills and knowledge and under-standing of China by undertaking a course of study at Beijing Second Foreign LanguagesUniversity in their ‘gap’ year. Many of the ACC’s Young Scholars alumni have gone on topositions in both the private and public sectors in the field of Australia–China relations. Alist of recipients of ACC-funded Young Scholars awards during the reporting period isprovided at Appendix B of this report. In recent years AFS has also arranged for a numberof private or business-sponsored Young Scholars in China awards.

Culture

The Council provides support for cultural exchanges, both for Australian activities in Chinaand Chinese activities in Australia. The primary focus of the Culture Program remains,however, the exposure of Australian capabilities in China. Most funding of cultural activity

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Dr John Yu meets ACC Young Scholars during the ACC visit to theBeijing Second Foreign Languages Institute, Beijing, 2000.

has been in the form of discretionary funding awards for proposals submitted to the Council.The Council generally provides seed funding for elements of projects, rather than fundingwhole projects. Preference is given to projects that present Australia as a young, fresh, inno-vative, multicultural and forward-looking country. Proposals received during the reportingperiod continued to be of very high quality, and the Council was able to provide somesupport for around one third of the applications received.

Following is a sample of projects funded during the reporting period. A full list of fundingawarded under the Culture Program is provided in the financial statements at Appendix A ofthis report.

Asialink Residency Program

The Council was pleased to be able to continue its support for Asialink’s annual residencyprogram by providing $28 000 per year for three years, for four residencies per year.Asialinkresidencies part or fully funded by the Council during the reporting period were:-

Arts Management:

Ms Virginia Hyam (Sydney Opera House), Hong Kong Arts CentreMs Santha Press (performer, event coordinator), Hong Kong Fringe City FestivalMs Sally Sussman (Perth International Arts Festival), Shanghai International FestivalMs Michelle Glaser and Katie Major (curators), Fubon Art Foundation,Taipei

Performing Arts:

Mr Peter Sheedy (dancer, choreographer) National Institute of the Arts,TaiwanMr Pan Geng Shen (Erhu soloist, composer) Nanjing Normal UniversityMs Maggie Sietsma (Expressions Dance Co, Brisbane), Beijing Dance AcademyMr Phillip Adams (dancer, choreographer), Guangdong Modern Dance CompanyMs Hellen Sky and Mr John McCormick (founders of Company in Space), HK Arts Centre

and Media and Performance CentreMs Vanessa Tomlinson (percussionist), Music Department, Sichuan UniversityMr Frances d’Arth (dancer, choreographer), Guangdong Modern Dance CompanyMr Tony Strachan (Theatre for the Deaf, Sydney), HK Arts with the Disabled Association

Visual Arts/Craft:

Megan Keating (painter), Beijing Art AcademyMs Elizabeth Cross (painter, curator), Beijing Art Academy & Redgate Gallery, BeijingMr Stephen Eastaugh (painter, Castlemaine,Victoria), John Battern Gallery, Hong KongMs Linda Judge (painter), Beijing Art Academy

Literature:

Mr Mark Mordue (writer, editor, filmmaker),Australian Studies Centre, Peking UniversityMr Andrew Sant (poet, Glebe,Tasmania), Peking UniversityMr Chuan Zhao (non-fiction writer, Sydney), Hong Kong Writers Festival and Taipei

International Artists Village

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Asia–Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art

The Council provided funds to enable the participation of artists Zhang Peili from Hangzhou,and Wu Mali from Taipei, and also Oscar Ho Hing Kay a curator from Hong Kong, at theQueensland Art Gallery’s Third Asia–Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art from September1999 to February 2000. Zhang Peili displayed a new work, which involved an installation ofeight TV monitors arranged in a circle showing video footage of a couple dancing in the park.His images explored the nature of personal experience, in particular the relationship betweenmedia and society. Wu Mali exhibited a series of childhood photographs of world figuresunder the title of The Sweeties and delivered a conference paper. Oscar Ho Hing Kay,Exhibition Director of the Hong Kong Arts Centre, spoke at the conference and participatedin the opening events.

In 2002 the Council is pleased to be able to continue its support for this internationallyacclaimed event, by providing funds for the participation of Chinese artists Song Dong fromBeijing and Michael Ming Hong Lin from Taipei at the Asia–Pacific Triennale to be heldfrom 12 September 2002 to 27 January 2003.The Council has agreed to provide $20 000funding for this project, $3000 of which has been paid from the Council’s 2001–02 budgetfor preparatory work commenced before 30 June 2002.

Hong Kong International Literary Festival

The Council supported Informing Performing Company and two Australian authors,Hsu-Ming Teo and Lau Siew Mei, to participate in Hong Kong’s First International LiteraryFestival.The festival aimed to develop and encourage English writing in Asia and attractedparticipation from more than 30 local and international writers, and a broad audience.

Hsu-Ming Teo, winner of the 1999 Australian Vogel Award for Literature for her novel Loveand Vertigo, migrated to Australia from Malaysia 18 years ago and her novel includes some ofthe unique experiences of migrant children as they adjust to life in Australia. Lau Siew Mei,author of Playing Madam Mao, emigrated from Singapore seven years ago and was able toprovide a different but also positive perspective on the migrant experience.The InformingPerforming Company used their expertise in theatre, literature and creative writing to aidEnglish language development through live performance. The duo performed during thechildren’s festival which attracted more than 600 primary students and teachers.

Exile production, Shanghai International Festival of the Arts

The ACC sponsored the contemporary Australian multi-media theatre production Exile atthe Second Shanghai International Festival of the Arts in 2000.The work was danced by a70-year-old butoh dancer wrapped in an electronic performance space, and attracted audi-ences of 900 to 1000 over two nights. It made an impact in local and international artscircles, and set the stage for greater diversity in Australia’s cultural exchanges with China andfor more substantive participation in future Shanghai festivals.

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Exile was developed over two years at the Australian Peformance Laboratory, based in theDrama Centre of Flinders University. The university IT department had a major input tosoftware and hardware development. The success of the production at the ShanghaiInternational Festival has led to the development of a relationship between the ShanghaiTheatre Academy and Flinders University Drama Centre, with a commitment to shareresearch in performance innovation.The ACC has agreed to be the major sponsor of a oneweek performers and new technology symposium program to be co-convened by theacademy and the university as part of the Australia Week of the November 2002 ShanghaiInternational Festival.The Council hopes the symposium will lead to greater research col-laborations between leading and emerging Chinese and Australian new-media artists, and tocommercial opportunities in new arts software and technologies.

Tracey Moffatt Exhibition,Taipei Fine Arts Museum

In 2001 the ACC provided funding support for the Taipei leg of the Asialink managed tourof the Tracey Moffatt exhibition to Brisbane, Seoul, Kyongju and Taipei.Tracey Moffatt isone of Australia’s most internationally acclaimed visual artists, specialising in the medium offilm, video, and photography. Her work addresses issues of multiculturalism and theIndigenous in Australian society, and social issues that have universal appeal and relevance.The exhibition was hosted by the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, the venue for the TaipeiBiennale and considered the major venue for contemporary art in Taiwan.The Curator inCharge of the Museum said that the event was one of the most successful they had hosted.

Sher’s Studio of Modern Dance tour to China

Sher’s dance studio from Shellharbour, New South Wales came to the attention of theChinese Embassy following a performance in an Eisteddfod in Canberra. The ChinesePerforming Arts Agency Beijing, the Chinese Ministry of Culture, the Australian EmbassyBeijing and the ACC provided funding to supplement the personal financial investmentmade by the dance troupe and staff and parents to fund a tour to China in 2001. Sher selected20 students for the tour who ranged in age from10 to 18 years of age.They performed at the PolyTheatre, Beijing, and for the Beijing TelevisionOpening Ceremony at the 10 000 seat BeijingWorker’s Stadium. Their performance at theceremony was part of a two-hour program ofinternational acts broadcast live around China andto 30 countries.The tour then took the troupe toJinan, where they gave two performances to audi-ences of around 1000 on each occasions; Nanjing,where they performed to an audience of 800 atthe Nanjing Culture & Arts Centre; and Shanghai,where they gave two performances to 800 peopleper show at the Yi Fu Theatre.

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Students from Sher’s Studio of Modern Dance,Shellharbour, China, 2001.

Hedda Morrison Exhibition, Beijing

The Council’s major funding contribution to a cultural exchange in Beijing to mark the30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Australia and China,concurrent with the Meet in Beijing International Cultural Festival, has been through itssupport for the Old Peking: Photographs by Hedda Morrison 1933–46 exhibition.The exhibi-tion was organised by the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney and the Art Museum of theMillennium Monument, Beijing and ran from 10 May to 9 June 2002. Hedda Morrison,married to Peking-born Australian Alastair Morrison, took thousands of photographs duringher thirteen years in Peking, documenting architecture and streetscapes, craftspeople at work,street vendors, and religious and folk customs. The images in the Beijing exhibition werechosen by Powerhouse Museum curator Claire Roberts from a collection donated by AlastairMorrison to the museum in 1992. For the 2002 exhibition in Beijing, Hedda Morrison’simages have been complemented by a group of photographs of new Beijing taken by con-temporary Chinese photographers.The Council is pleased that the museum plans to bringthis collaborative exhibition to Australia.

Business

Under the Business Program, the Council has provided discretionary seed funding for arange of projects that would enhance business opportunities for Australians in China andexpose China to Australian capabilities. A detailed list of recipients and brief description ofthe projects assisted by the Council during the reporting period is provided in the financialstatements at Appendix A of this report.

Young Business Scholars in China

In 2001 the Council instituted a new scholarship program designed to encourage young,Australian graduates, with somebusiness experience as well asMandarin language abilities, todevelop a career inAustralia–China commercialrelations. This further strength-ens the Council’s focus onencouraging young Australiansto develop a lifetime involve-ment with China, by buildingon the two tiers of secondaryschool level ACC scholarshipsavailable under the EducationProgram.

The Minister for ForeignAffairs, Mr Downer, launched

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The 2001 inaugural group of Young Business Scholars, (from left)Natalya Dingley, Cameron Hume (behind), Imelda Lapthorne,

Tom Parker (behind), Glynn Truscott and Sally Waters, Beijing, 2002.All secured rewarding business placements in China. (Absent: Julian

Steele, who is living and working in Shanghai.)

the Young Business Scholars in China Program at Parliament House in Canberra on 28February 2001. Under this program, each year a number of young Australians are given theopportunity to undertake four to six weeks intensive Mandarin refresher training followedby a semester program of advanced studies in Chinese economics and business, in Mandarin,at the University of International Business and Economics (UBIE) in Beijing. This isfollowed by a business internship of six months or more with a business in China. TheCouncil aims for the ‘under 30’ age group for this program. Council support to scholarsincludes covering their living expenses up until the period of internship. Companies offeringinternships are expected to provide scholars with a stipend. Internship placements and levelsof stipends are private matters for the scholars, though scholars are assisted by the AustralianEmbassy Beijing,AFS, and the China–Australia Chamber of Commerce (AustCham) Beijingto locate suitable positions.

AFS Intercultural Programs, Australia (AFS) was contracted to manage the Young BusinessScholars program in 2001. Applications for the 2001 scholarships were advertised in thenational press. Fifty applications were received from around 300 enquiries. Out of fifty appli-cations received for the 2001 program, 10 applicants were interviewed by a panel of AFS andACC representatives. Details of award recipients are provided at Appendix B of this report.

The Council is pleased with the successful outcomes of the 2001 inaugural program, withscholars securing internships in a range of businesses in China, including: a prestigious lawfirm (Shanghai), a major consulting firm (Beijing), the Beijing International School, aChinese software company (Beijing), Redgate Gallery (Beijing), HR and PR roles in cor-porate training organisations, and undertaking a special project for AustCham (Beijing).

The program is offered again in 2002, managed by AFS. In addition,AustCham Beijing hasbeen paid a small fee to provide in-country support services, including extending member-ship of the Chamber to the scholars, providing a program of business mentoring during thescholars’ academic period, and playing a major role in brokering suitable internships. Froman application pool of 83, twelve applicants were interviewed for four scholarships. Detailsof recipients of the award are listed at Appendix B of this report.

The second intake of Young Business Scholars arrived in Beijing in time to commence theirinitial six weeks intensive Mandarin language studies on 15 July 2002, prior to commencingtheir Chinese business studies program on 1 September 2002.

The Council is looking at ways to reduce costs and to increase the numbers of scholarshipsavailable under this program in future through private sector sponsorship or partnering.TheCouncil gratefully acknowledges the work of AFS and AustCham staff in developing thisprogram, and the efforts of the inaugural group of Young Business Scholars themselves.

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Special projects

1999 Australia–China Council Awards

In December 1999 Mr Downer presented the inaugural Australia–China Council Awards tofour Chinese and four Australians under the categories of community, culture, business,science and technology, at a ceremony in Adelaide. Each recipient received a gold medalliondesigned by Mr Wojciech Pietranick, who designs Australia’s commemorative one dollarcoins, and struck at the Royal Australian Mint in Canberra. All recipients had made an out-standing contribution to the bilateral relationship and were eminent in their fields. Details ofrecipients are provided at Appendix B of this report.

China–Australia Electronic Information Centre (CAEIC)

The Council continued to support the CAEIC launched in 1995. By June 1999 the centreconsisted of a reading room at the National Library of China (NLC), open to researchers,students and the general public, and equipped with more than ten computer terminals,servers and a CD-ROM collection. The centre was by then also supported by dedicatedNLC staff who had undergone specialised training provided by the Council’s consultants.During the reporting period the Council implemented the next stage of the project, toenable access to CD-ROMs by researchers at the NLC and across the internet to eightcentres in the Australian Studies network. Centres connected were located within Beijing

Chinese and Australian recipients of the inaugural Australia–China Council Awards (from left) Dr Albert Mau,Prof Jiang Zaifang, Prof Colin Mackerras, Prof Stephen FitzGerald, His Excellency Mr Zhu Qizhen,

Prof Hu Wenzhong, Mr Brooks Wilson AM and Mr Qin Xiao,Adelaide, December 1999.

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Foreign Studies University, Peking University, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences,Nankai University, East China Normal University, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences,Suzhou University, and Xiamen University. The selection of CD-ROMs available includebibliographic databases on subjects such as social science, law, literature and business, as wellas full content CD-ROMs on APEC, natural resources and criminal justice.

Council delegation visit to China, 2000

Council members undertook a visit program in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai duringOctober–November 2000, concurrent with the hosting of the 7th International Conferenceon Australian Studies held at Xi’an Foreign Languages University, for which the Council hadprovided funding support. Following are highlights of the visit program:

Australian Studies Conference, Xi’an Foreign Languages University

Around 70 delegates attended the conference and more than 50 papers were delivered,including those by a number of Council members as well as the adviser to the Council oneducation matters, Professor David Carter. Members were pleased with the exceptionallyhigh standard of papers presented at the conference, and noted that the range of AustralianStudies in China had matured from the basic study of Australian literature to economic,gender, and social issues, globalisation, and Australia’s place in the region. It was clear thatawareness of Australian issues was rising owing to the network of ACC sponsored AustralianStudies Centres.

ACC Programs

A key objective during the China visit was to set up the Young Business Scholars Program.This program was subsequently launched by the Minister for Foreign Affairs in February2001. Details of the program are contained above in the Business Program section of thisreport. The Council alsoexplored the possibility ofsetting up an ACC BeijingResidence program, includingexamining options for leasing ofsuitable accommodation. TheCouncil’s Beijing ResidenceAward was subsequentlylaunched in June 2001. Detailsof the program are providedbelow under the BeijingResidence Award heading.Members also met with YoungScholars in China at that time.

Mr Downer (centre), launches the Young Business Scholars in ChinaProgram at Parliament House, Canberra, 28 February 2001.

Beijing Residence Award

The Council was pleased to announce in June 2001 that it would institute a new awardscheme for the use of an ACC sponsored apartment in central Beijing by Australians wantingto undertake educational, cultural or research projects in China.The Council recognised thatthe difficulty of finding suitable furnished accommodation at reasonable cost hinders manyAustralians wishing to undertake new activities in China. Applications for the BeijingResidence Award were invited through national press advertisements and publicised throughseveral other organisations, including the Australia Council for the Arts, the Australia–ChinaBusiness Council, and some universities.The Council hopes that the provision of walk-in,rent-free accommodation will encourage talented Australians to focus their endeavours onChina.The Council has secured an apartment lease through Mr Brian Wallace of RedgateGallery in Beijing,who has been contracted to liaise with awardees on arrangements for theirplacements, including providing some basic induction and support services when they firstarrive in Beijing.

Placements for the inaugural Beijing Residence Awards commenced in October 2001 andwill run until October 2002.As at 30 June 2002 five of the seven award recipients had takenup their placements, and the remainder were scheduled to take up their places beforeOctober 2002. A list of awardees and details of their projects is provided in Appendix B ofthis report.

The Council has been very pleased with the positive feedback from awardees on the oppor-tunities arising during their time in China, and proposes to run a second program fromOctober 2002. The 2002–03 awards will be advertised after the Council has completed areview of aspects of the inaugural year’s program, including considering whether to extendthe program to Taipei and Hong Kong.

Council delegation visit to Taipei, 2001

Following an increase in the Council’s budget base in 2001–02, the Council agreed toexplore opportunities for further developing its activities in Taiwan. In November 2001, theACC Chair (Dr Yu) and the Chair of the Business Committee (Mr Allen) undertook a sixday program of meetings with key arts and education-based organisations, as well as membersof the Taiwan business community and the Australia–New Zealand Business Association.Thedelegation also took the opportunity to meet a number of Taiwanese graduates of Australianuniversities. Following the delegation’s visit, the Council agreed to an action plan for a rangeof business, science and technology, cultural and education activities which the Council plansto develop in future years.

Outcomes

Since the visit the Council has worked with the Australian Commerce and Industry Office(ACIO),Taipei to develop a model for a small Taipei-based Young Business Scholars programsimilar to that currently operating in Beijing, and plans to launch the program in 2002–03.Following discussions between the ACC delegation, Australian universities alumni, and the

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ACIO Taipei, the ACIO explored ways to reinvigorate the existing informal alumni network.In June 2002 the ACIO announced the launch of a formal Taiwan Australia AlumniAssociation, with membership links to the Australia–New Zealand Business Association.TheACC has agreed to provide some funding in 2002–03 to enable the alumni association todevelop and expand its activities in order to create a valuable business networking vehicle.From 1996 to 1998 the ACC had co-funded the development of Australian Studies programsin Taiwan. Following the ACC visit, the ACIO Taipei has undertaken on behalf of theCouncil a review of Australian Studies activities.

Administrative overviewEstablishment

The Australia–China Council was established by Order-in-Council on 17 May 1978, andsubsequent amendments on 17 May 1979 and 28 April 1981. The Council reports to theMinister for Foreign Affairs.

Membership

The Order-in-Council of 17 May 1978 establishing the Council and subsequent amend-ments provide for a membership of a Chair and not less than four but not more than 16other members. On 30 June 2002, the Council consisted of a Chair and 11 other members.Members are appointed by the Governor-General on the recommendation of the Ministerfor Foreign Affairs.

Remuneration

Members receive a sitting fee and travel expenses for attending meetings, in line withRemuneration Tribunal determinations for part-time members of non-statutory bodies.

Meetings

The Council holds three to four meetings each calendar year to discuss issues in the bilateralrelationship, decide on funding priorities and monitor implementation of its decisions. Everytwo years a Council meeting is held in China, concurrent with an ACC delegation visit to par-ticipate at the biennial Australian Studies Conference. Between Council meetings committeesassess applications and make recommendations to the Council on projects and programs. Mostcommittee meetings and discussions are conducted by teleconference and email.

Full Council meetings held during the reporting period were:

Meeting No. Location Date

73 Sydney 19 July 199974 Sydney 28 October 199975 Sydney 24 February 200076 Sydney 2 August 200077 Beijing 2 November 2000

78 Canberra 28 February 200179 Melbourne 27 June 200180 Canberra 20 November 200181 Sydney 22 February 200282 Canberra 16 May 2002

Auditor’s reports

The financial affairs of the Council are examined by the Australian National Audit Office aspart of its examination of the accounts of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Public information

The ACC Secretariat maintains a webpage on the Department of Foreign Affairs and Tradeweb site: www.dfat.gov.au/acc.

Staffing

The Australia–China Council Secretariat is located in the East Asia Branch of the Departmentof Foreign Affairs and Trade. During the reporting period the Secretariat has been staffed bytwo departmental officers. The Secretariat implements Council decisions and administersCouncil programs, funding and activities. The Secretariat liaises closely with the Images ofAustralia Branch of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Posts in Beijing, Shanghai,Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and the Australian Commerce and Industry Office,Taipei.

On 30 June 2002 the Secretariat consisted of:Mr Broughton Robertson, Manager, May 2002 –Ms Diane Russell, Special Projects Officer (part-time), May 2002 –

The Council would also like to acknowledge the work undertaken by:Ms Michele Grant, Manager (June 1998 – December 1999)Mr Lyall Crawford, Executive Officer (February 1999 – February 2001)Ms Julie Chater, Manager (February 2000 – August 2001)Ms Bernadette Campbell, Project Officer (February 2001 – May 2002)Ms Wanda Oram-Miles, Manager (September 2001 – November 2001)Ms Diane Russell, Manager (November 2001 – May 2002)

ACC Trust Account

The Australia–China Council program funds are provided by the Australian Government inthe form of an annual grant-in-trust administered by the Department of Foreign Affairs andTrade.Allocations to the ACC trust account during the accounting period were:

1999–2000 $636 0002000–2001 $636 0002001–2002 $720 000

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Industrial democracy and workplace diversity

Secretariat staff are covered under the industrial democracy and workplace diversityprograms of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade as well as the Department’sCertified Agreement.

Freedom of information

In the reporting period the Council did not receive any applications under the Freedom ofInformation Act 1982.

Applications for awards and funding

Details of procedures for applying for ACC program awards and for discretionary fundingare available on the Council’s web site: www.dfat.gov.au/acc.

Co-funding and partnerships

The Council has always co-funded a range of projects, through providing seed funding.However, the Council also looks for ways to make its money work better through corporatesponsorship partnering of some of its annual programs.

Contact details

Postal Address: PO Box E73, Kingston,ACT 2604 AUSTRALIA

Secretariat Office: RG Casey Building, John McEwen Crescent,Barton ACT 0221 AUSTRALIA

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: 61 2 6261 3818, 61 2 6261 2351

Fax: 61 2 6261 2919

Web site: www.dfat.gov.au/acc

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APPENDIX A

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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Financial statement 1999–2000

Education

Australian Studies

Infrastructure grants to Australian Studies Centres$51,538

Affiliate memberships for Australian Studies Centres: International AustralianStudies Association and Association for the Study of Australian Literature

5,000

Supply of books, journals, and other research materials to Australian Studies Centres5,908

Education Policy Review6,500

Visiting Fellowships16,062

Visiting Studentships20,800

Xi’an Foreign Languages University: Support for 7th Conference of AustralianStudies

20,000

Youth study programs

Short-Term Study Program37,000

Australian Young Scholars in China Program75,151

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Publishing

Wilson Sarre & Associates, Adelaide: Preparation of material for collaborativeproject with People’s Education Press to develop a series of reading materialswith content on Australia for Chinese senior high schools

20,000

Prof Wang Guofu:Translation of Macquarie Dictionary of Australian Education3,069

Dr Yao Lixin: Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation in Australia5,002

ANU: Support for publication of The China Journal5,000

Total Education$271,030

Culture

Asialink Centre: Support for 1999 Asialink Residency Program$28,000

Machine Hunger: PROBE exhibition of new media arts, Beijing40,000

Artists’ Regional Exchange (ARX), Perth: ARX5 residency and exhibitionproject, Hong Kong

5,000

Wanderlust Jazz: Participation at Beijing International Jazz Festival10,000

Gold Coast City Art Gallery: Face to Face exhibition of contemporary Taiwaneseart, in collaboration with Taipei Fine Arts Museum

5,000

Queesnsland Art Gallery: Chinese participation in Asia–Pacific Triennial10,000

The Song Company: Residency in Hong Kong12,320

Gulliver Media Australia: Production of a series of science and technologydocumentaries for China Central Television

20,000

College of Fine Arts, University of NSW: Chinese student production of TV

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documentary on China Perspective of 2000 Olympics, in collaboration withChina Central Television

20,000

Mr Ouyang Yu:Translation of Christina Stead’s The Man Who Loved Children9,000

Mr Ouyang Yu: Writing and publication of Representing the Other: Chinese inAustralian Fiction 1888–1988

8,000

Australian Heritage Commission: Support for development of conservationprinciples for cultural heritage sites in China.

10,000

Total Culture$178,095

Business

University of Sydney, School of Biological Sciences: Series of workshops onmicrobial ecology in China

$3,300

Professors J Carr & R Shepherd, Faculty of Health Sciences, Sydney University:Collaborative work with First Teaching Hospital, Beijing Medical University fora national workshop in China on stroke rehabilitation.

3,329

Australian Rock Art Research Association: Chinese participation at third AURACongress (funds returned 2001–02).

2,400

Westmead Children’s Hospital: Ophthalmologist training fellowship—Dr Nan Li

7,500

AFS Intercultural Programs,Australia: Feasability study for proposed ACC YoungBusiness Scholars program.

20,000

Total Business$36,529

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Special projects

1999 Australia–China Council Awards$46,147

Support for China–Australia Electronic Information Centre (CAEIC)20,000

Total Special Projects$66,147

Administration

Council meetings

Travel and accommodation$10,428

Council members sitting fees6,475

Incidentals (advertising, postage, couriers, taxi)2,232

Annual report: hard copy and internet.7,280

Total Administration$26,415

Summary of receipts and expenditure for 1999–2000

Carryover from 30 June 1999$52,040

Receipts

1999–2000 trust fund allocation636,000

Total available funding$688,040

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Expenditure

Education$271,030

Culture178,095

Business36,529

Special projects66,147

Administration26,415

Total expenditure$578,216

Balance as at 30 June 2000$109,824

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Education

Australian Studies


Supply of books, journals, and other research materials to AustralianStudies Centres

9,860



Australia Education Foundation: Support for Linking Latitudes conference forAustralian studies educators in China, Shanghai,April 2001

7,000

Competitive Projects Program47,000



Young Scholars in China75,626


Culture

Asialink: Support for 2000 Asialink Residency Program$28,000

Musica Viva: Support for establishment of Musica Viva In Schools Program inHong Kong

20,000

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Adelaide Institute of TAFE: Support for exchange between third year Bachelordegree students at the SA Centre for Performing Arts and the Beijing ModernDance Company

12,000

Asialink:Tracey Moffatt exhibition,Taipei Fine Arts Museum

(first payment)5,000

Splendor Arts Management: Participation of didgeridoo player, Mr GeoffreyTimbery and purchase of music by Richard Mills, Grand Australian Symphonyconcerts in Shanghai and Beijing

4,400

Reckless Moments: EXILE multi-media production, Shanghai InternationalFestival of the Arts, 2001

10,000

Victorian Folklife Association: Support for Chinese participation at the 13thCongress of the International Society of Folk Narrative Research

5,560

Paul Goodchild:Trumpet recitals and masterclasses, Shenyang3,000

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Shanghai/Beijing/Taipei tour10,000

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Support for performances by twoAustralian bands (Christine Sullivan and band; Archie Roach and band) at theMusic Deli Concert, Shanghai Spring International Music Festival

10,000

Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Chinese participation in the Alliance ofAsia–Pacific Orchestras Biennial Summit, Sydney Opera House

11,000

Sher’s Studio of Modern Dance: Peformances in China by a youth dance groupfrom Shellharbour

5,000

Teo Hse-Ming and Lau Siew Mei: Hong Kong Intenational Literary Festival.3,000

Informing Performing Company: Hong Kong International Literary Festival.5,000

Sydney Writer’s Festival: Support for Chinese participation, 20016,000

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Nicholas Jose:Attendance at Australian Studies Conference, Xi’an and launch ofChinese translation of The Custodians

5,037

Dr Chen Xiangyang, University of Canberra: Chinese language AustralianHistory publication

3,500

Prof Huang Yuanshen, Australia Studies Centre, East China Normal University:Translation of Lucinda Brayford

5,912

Mr J G McMahon, Australia–China Rugby: Development of PLA rugbyexchange program

5,000

Australian Heritage Commission: Support for work by the commissionand the State Administration of Cultural Heritage in China on culturalheritage conservation

10,000

Film Australia: The Entombed Warriors-52


Business

Australian Rock Art Research Association (refund)-$2,400

Westmead Children’s Hospital: Ophthalmologist fellowship (second payment)5,000

CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems: Research by Ms Zhang Yanhua to developChinese land and vegetation management guidelines

10,000

Asian Agribusiness Research Centre, University of Sydney (Orange): China’sDairy Market: Issues and Prospects research project—Prof Wei-Ming Tian

5,100

University of Western Sydney: Support for attendance of Dr Karuppan Sakadevan,Water Research Laboratory, at environmental technologies seminar, Hebei

8,500

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China–Australia Chamber of Commerce (AustCham), Beijing: Compilation ofAlumni Directory of Chinese students who studied in Australia and Australianstudents who studied in China

10,000

2001 Young Business Scholars Program (first payments)90,619


Special projects

Council delegation to Xi’an, Beijing and Shanghai in association with 7thInternational Conference on Australian Studies in China, Xi-an ForeignLanguages University, the 77th Council meeting and the Second ShanghaiInternational Festival of the Arts.

$94,328

Australian Society of Indexers: Chinese participation in Partnerships forKnowledge international conference for indexers and editors, and tailored visitprogram

5,000

Wildlife Management International: Support for Chinese Alligator conservationproject

20,000


Administration

Council meetings

Travel and accommodation$9,478

Council members sitting fees18,920

Official functions3,523

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Incidentals (advertising, postage, couriers, taxi)3,022




Receipts

2000–2001 discretionary grants allocation636,000


Expenditure

Education$282,370

Culture167,357

Business126,819




Balance as at 30 June 2001$15,007

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Education

Australian Studies


Supply of books, journals, and other research materials to AustralianStudies Centres

18,355



Anhui University, China: Support for 8th International Australian StudiesConference, 2002.

19,629

Competitive Projects Program34,559



Young Scholars in China Program75,000


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Culture

Jiango Wu: Wishing for Dragon Children documentary script examining thedifferences and similarities in the ways China and Australia educate their children

$10,000

ANU: Constitutions and Human Rights in a Global Age—An Asia–Pacific Perspective:Support for Chinese participation

6,000

ANU: Migrating Identities and Ethnic Minorities in the Chinese Diaspora: Support forChinese participation

3,000

Australian Ballet: 2001 China tour10,000

National Portrait Gallery, Canberra:William Yang Exhibition5,000

Asialink: Support for 2001 Asialink Residency Program28,000

Asialink: Support for 2002 Asialink Residency Program28,000

Asialink:Tracey Moffat Exhibition,Taiwan (second payment)5,000

Mass Gallery: Participation at international symposium Art Spaces, Hong Kong2,871

Australian Film, Television and Radio School: Student exchange to the set ofZhang Yimou’s film Hero, in China.

3,600

Australian Film, Television and Radio School: Lecture tour to BeijingFilm Academy

3,665

Australian Film,Television and Radio School:Training for officer from BeijingBroadcasting Institute

2,403

Toy Satellite Collective:Taiwan New Media Tour6,000

Biennale of Sydney: 2002 Biennale—Chinese participation8,000

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Mosman Art Gallery: Chinese artist residency, exhibition and publiceducation program

5,650

Mirramu Creative Arts Centre: Residency of Grace Hsiao Dance Theatrefrom Taiwan

10,500

Powerhouse Museum: Hedda Morrison exhibition, Beijing30,000

Queensland Art Gallery: Chinese participation in 2002 Asia–Pacific Triennial(first payment)

3,000


Business

China Connections: Support for development and launch of a magazine topromote business opportunities in the Greater China.

$17,700

Asian Agribusiness Research Centre, University of Sydney (Orange): Meatconsumption trends in China research project—Associate Professor Ji-Min Wang,Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

2,000

Young Business Scholars in China Program: 2001 program (final payments); 2002program

109,652

China–Australia Chamber of Commerce (AustCham), Beijing: In-countrysupport services for 2002 ACC Young Business Scholars Program

8,148


Special projects

Redgate Gallery, Beijing: ACC Beijing Residence Awards—provision of serviceapartment and settling-in support services for awardees

$12,536

Visit by ACC delegation to Taipei26,200

Support for visit of Prof Lee Yuan-tseh, President,Academia Sinica,Taiwan7,800

Support for Australia–China—A Photographic Record: a DFAT booklet tocommemorate 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations

10,000


Administration

Council meetings

Secretariat & members: travel, accommodation, per diem, taxis, mini bus$26,883

Venue hire & catering1,926

Members’ sitting fees20,880

Official functions1,751

Incidentals (advertising, IT support, couriers, mailbox)5,273


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Receipts

2001–2002 discretionary grant allocation720,000


Expenditure

Education$312,838

Culture170,689

Business137,500




Balance as at 30 June 2002$730

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APPENDIX B

Recipients of Australia–ChinaCouncil program awards

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Competitive Projects Program

2000–01

Support for four Chinese post-graduate students from Beijing Foreign Languages Universityto attend and present papers at Melbourne University Mass Historia conference.

Support for a cooperative project between the Australian Studies Centre at Peking Universityand Peking University Press for the publication of a series of five books before the end of2002 on a range of Australian studies topics.

2001–02

Prof Tang Zhengqiu, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou: AB Patterson and the ChineseBoxing Movement

Dr Pang Zhongying, Tsinghua University, Beijing: Australia’s Relations with Asia in thePost-Cold War Era

Dr Liping Deng, Xiamen University, Fujian: A Comparative Study of Tax Reforms in Australiaand China

Zhang Chunyuan, Cai Hongxia, Meng Yuhuan, Hu Jianqiao, Zhou Dujuan, Beijing ForeignStudies University: Australia in China’s Academic Field

Visiting Fellowships Program

2000

Associate Professor Zhang Xiaoming, China Academy of Social Sciences: Business andProfessional Ethics in Australia

Associate Professor Hou Minyue, East China Normal University: On the Enlightenment ofChina–Australia Relations since the Founding of the People’s Republic of China

Associate Professor Wang Min, Renmin University: Reference Sources to Promote Awareness ofAustralian Studies

2001

Professor Wang Guofu, Suzhou University: Macquarie Dictionary of Australian Education;Anthology of Australian Poetry

Associate Professor Xia Yuhe, Beijing Foreign Studies University: Preparation of a PostgraduateCourse on Sociaology and Contemporary Australian Society

Mr Liu Fande, Assistant Research Fellow, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences: Australia’sSense of Isolation, Its Origin, Impact and Implications

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2002

Dr Yang Jincai, Nanjing University: Australian Cultural Studies; an Introduction andHenry Lawson

Professor Ye Shengnian, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, hosted byUniversity of Melbourne: The Australian History of Science and Technology

Professor Zhang Yongxian, Renmin University, hosted by LaTrobe University (Bendigocampus): Culture Shock—Australians

Visiting Studentships Program

2000

Ms Lin Hui, Renmin University: Women’s Education in Australia and China

Mr Zhou Wen, PLA Foreign Languages Unviversity: A Comparative Study of Australian andAmerican Fiction of World War I

Ms Jiang Hua, Suzhou University: A Comparative Study of Martin Boyd’s Langton Tetraologyand Cao Xueqin’s A Dream of Red Mansions

2001

Mr Sheng Yu, Nankai University: APEC Trade Liberalisation and Sino–Australian Bilateral Trade

Ms Jiang Min, Anhui University: Elizabeth Jolley’s Narratives—A Good Summary of Feminismand Postmodernism

Ms Peng Jianhui, East China Normal University: The Australian Aged Care and ItsEnlightenment For the Construction of The Aged Care System in China

2002

Ms Guo Li, Peking University: The Cultural Dialogue between the White and Aborigines inAustralia Aboriginal Fiction

Ms Dou Wei, Beijing Foreign Studies University: Restorative Justice in Australia: Perspectives andEvaluations

Short-term Study Program

1999–2000

Amanda Pickrell Mr Lawley Senior High School,WAHeidi Field William Ross State High School, QLDSarah Polkinghorne Murray High School, NSWKathryn Jowett Ivanhoe Girls’ GrammarPaul Day St Michael’s College, SAKimberley Larsen Glenunga International High School, SA

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Jaan Simpson Melbourne Grammar,VICWade Gregory St Paul’s College, QLDMatthew Peck Eltham College,VICMilena Badger Hawker College,ACT

2000–2001

Tristan Hildyard Narrabundah College,ACTCatherine Smallbone St Margaret’s School,VICMitchell Hor St Ignatiun College, NSWShaylee Peacock Wellington High School, NSWFergus Green Eltham College,VICSteven Goldsworthy Ballarat Grammar,VICEmily Edwards Mt Lawley Senior High School,WAEmily Wilson Penleigh and Essendon College,VICZachary Courtney Trinity College South, SAChristopher Maitland St Peter’s College, SA

2001–02

Hannah Casey North Sydney Girls’ High School, NSWChristopher Deves St Ignatius, NSWRyuichi Dunphy Glenunga International High School, SADayna Fisher Pembroke School, SAAndrew Fisken Ballarat Grammar School,VICAlexandra Fong Pembroke School, SAFrancesca Helm William Light Secondary High School, SAMarie Hordijenko Penleigh & Essendon Grammar School,VICTori Marshall Trinity College, SAMichael Lien St Michael’s College, SA

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Young Scholars in China Program

2000

Daniel Roe St Laurence College, QLDEllen Heywood Narrabundah Colleage,ACTShannon Barnes Sydney Boys High School, NSWKerry Pinch Trinity College, SAKylie Kulper Macarthur Girls High School, NSW

2001

Natalie Easter Forestdale College, QLDEllen Gursanscky North Sydney Girls High, NSWClayton Johnston St Laurence’s College, QLDMarcus Newbury Mowbray College,VICJaan Simpson Melbourne Grammar,VIC

2002

Wade Gregory St Pauls College, QLDEmily Dewards Penleigh & Essendon College,VICWilliam Ross Carey Grammar,VICNaomi Francis Glenunga International High School, SASophia Loy-Wilson Narrabundah College,ACT

Young Business Scholars in China Program

2001

Ms Natalya Dingley, an arts graduate from the University of Melbourne.

Mr Cameron Hume, a graduate in arts and commerce from the University of Melbourne.

Ms Imelda Lapthorne, an international business graduate from Griffith University.

Mr Tom Parker, a graduate in arts from the University of Melbourne and an honoursgraduate in Asian Studies from the Australian National University.Tom also has a GraduateDiploma in Education from the University of Canberra.

Mr Julian Steele, an arts/law graduate of the University of Technology, Sydney.

Mr Glyn Truscott, a graduate in Asian studies and science from the University of Adelaide.Glyn has a Diploma in Languages and is currently undertaking a Graduate Diploma ofInternational Economics.

Ms Sally Waters, a graduate with first class honours in economics and arts from the Universityof Queensland.

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2002

Ms Melanie Cheah, a commerce/law graduate from the University of Tasmania. Melanie alsoholds a Master of Public Policy from the National Graduate Institute in Tokyo and at the timeof application was enrolled in a Chinese language course at the Foreign Affairs College,Beijing.

Mr Sacha Cody, an arts/commerce graduate from Monash University who also holds aCertificate IV in Government from Chisholm Insitute and a post graduate Diploma of Artsfrom Melbourne University, and has undertaken intensive language courses in China.

Ms Brooke Hartigan, an arts/law graduate from James Cook University who also holds aGraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the ANU, and who undertook a post graduateprogram at Griffith University concentrating on Taiwan–mainland relations. Brooke was anACC Young Scholar in 1996.

Mr Ben Lyons, a graduate in Asian Studies from the University of Adelaide and arts graduatewith First Class Honours in Chinese from the University of Queensland. At the time ofapplication he was living in Nanjing.

1999 Australia–China Council Awards

Community Award

Australia:

Professor Stephen FitzGerald AO, a leading authority on Australia’s relations with Asia general-ly who has made a significant contribution to the Australia–China relationship. ProfessorFitzgerald was Australia’s first Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China from 1973 to 1976.

China:

Ambassador Zhu Qizhen, a major architect of China’s relationship with Australia from itsearliest days.Ambassador Zhu opened the Chinese Embassy in Canberra as Charge d’Affairesin 1973.

Culture Award

Australia:

Professor Colin Mackerras, School of Asian Studies and International Studies at GriffithUniversity. Prof Mackerras has been widely published and has taught extensively in Chinesepolitics, history and culture. He is well-known as the presenter of the ABC’s Dragon’s TongueMandarin language teaching program.

China:

Professor Hu Wenzhong, Professor of English at the Beijing Foreign Studies University, spe-cialises in Australian literature. Professor Hu was one of the ‘gang of nine’ chosen by theChinese Government to learn English in Australia at the time China was opening to theoutside world. Many of his students have gone on to become diplomats serving around theworld, including Canberra.

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Business Award

Australia:

Mr Brooks Wilson, former Managing Director of Koppers Australia. Mr Wilson first visitedChina in 1980 seeking a supplier of coal tar pitch that could be exported from China for usein Australian aluminium smelters. A chance meeting in Beijing resulted in a ten-year tradeagreement, the first of its kind between the two countries.

China:

Mr Qin Xiao, of the China International Trust and Investment Corporation (CITIC), whowas Chairman of CITIC Australia from 1991 until 1995, when he was appointed GroupPresident of CITIC in Beijing. Under Mr Qin’s direction, CITIC Australia has been activelyevolving its business activities in the areas of resources and primary industries and now hasan annual turn over in Australia of more than $900 million.

Science and Technology Award

Australia:

Dr Albert Mau, an expert in molecular science with the CSIRO in Melbourne. Dr Mau haspromoted collaborative links between Australian and Chinese industry, as well as scientificresearch facilities and was responsible for landmark collaborative developments in the pro-cessing of brackish water for human consumption in China.

China:

Professor Jiang Zaifang, an eminent paediatrician from Beijing, who is considered one of themost prominent teachers of modern paediatrics in the world. Professor Jiang’s deep under-standing of traditional Chinese medicine, together with her Western scientific understand-ing, has meant that through her teaching she has been able to stimulate doctors to considernews ways of looking at unsolved problems.

Beijing Residence Awards

Mr Blain Crellin: To develop a black and white photographic exhibition of Australiansworking in China including a short history.

Mr Rick Farquharson: For the writing of a feature film screenplay The Importance of Living—the journey of an Australian–Chinese girl who returns to China.The story focuses on ques-tions of identity, cultural differences, human frailty and the joy of living.

Dr Robert Gale: For the development of an Australia–China Network on Ecotourism(ACNET), basic analysis concerning ecotourism issues prior to the 2008 Olympics and thedissemination of acquired information.

Prof Wayne Wei Huang: Support for the Co-chair of an International Conference on e-business and the conduct of a collaborative research project on e-business with Professors atTingha Uni, Beijing.

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Mr Daniel Huppatz: For the production of long poem or a series of connected shorter piecesthat focus on Beijing, its history and current changes.

Mr Tony Scott: For art exhibition Digital Ghosts; painting; curating of an exhibition ofChinese artists in Australia; and further development of personal relationships within Chineseand Australian arts communities.

Mr Gregory Pryor: For a bird painting project—a daily documentation of the residency inwords and images painted on Chinese silk.

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Appendix C

Order-in-council establishingthe Australia–China Council and

subsequent amendments

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Commonwealth of Australia

Order constituting theAustralia–China councilWHEREAS the Australian Government is desirous of further developing relations betweenAustralia and China:

AND WHEREAS it is desirable that such relations should be developed by the promotionin Australia of a greater awareness of China, and by the promotion in China of a greaterawareness of Australia and the enlargement over the longer term of the areas of contact andexchange between Australia and China and their respective people:

AND WHEREAS it is desirable that there be established a body for the purpose of provid-ing a focus for the collection, exchange and dissemination of information, and a source ofadvice, in relation to the ways in which such relations may be encouraged, strengthened anddeveloped:

NOW THEREFORE I, Sir Zelman Cowen, the Governor-General of the Commonwealthof Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, HEREBY ORDERAS FOLLOWS:

1. There is hereby established a council to be known as the “Australia–China Council”

2. (1) The Council shall consist of –(a) a Chairman; and(b) not less than 4 and not more than 15 other members

(2) The Chairman and other members shall be appointed by the Governor-General onthe nomination of the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs for fixed terms and on a part-time basis. The Chairman shall be appointed for up to 5 years and other members for3 years. Approximately one half of the members of the first Council shall be appointedfor 2 years.

3. A member (including the Chairman) may resign his office by writing under his handdelivered to the Governor-General.

4. (1) Subject to sub-clause (2), meetings of the Council shall be held at such times and atsuch places as the Council determines.

(2) The Chairman shall, upon receipt of a written request signed by 4 other membersof the Council, summon a meeting of the Council to deal with such matters as are spec-ified in that written request.

5. At a meeting of the Council, a quorum shall be constituted by any 4 members or not lessthan half the members for the time being holding office, whichever is the larger.

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6. The procedures for the conduct of meetings of the Council, including procedures for theappointment by the members from amongst their number of an Acting Chairman, in theevent of the absence from any meeting of the Chairman, shall be determined from timeto time by the Council.

7. The functions of the Council are –

(a) to make recommendations to the Minister for Foreign Affairs in relation to –

(i) ways in which visits to China by delegations and individuals from Australia,and to Australia by delegations and individuals from China, may be promotedand enriched;

(ii) the establishment and maintenance of exchange programs between Australia andChina including the selection of persons to participate in such programs;

(iii) the provision of assistance in Australia to students and other visitors from China;

(iv) the collection and development of reference material relating to China;

(v) the promotion within China of a greater awareness of Australia, and withinAustralia of a greater awareness of China;

(vi) the development of public information activities related to China;

(vii) the provision of assistance to the Australian media on matters related to China;

(viii) the encouragement and commissioning of research connected with matters ofdirect importance to relations between Australia and China, including theencouragement and development of the teaching of the Chinese studiesin Australia;

(ix) the holding of conferences and seminars in relations to any of the mattersreferred to in paragraphs (i) to (viii) inclusive;

(x) the publication of newsletters and other publications related to the activities ofthe Council;

(b) subject to the direction of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, to provide advice andinformation to individuals and organisations and to the Australian media in relationto any matters referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) (i) to (ix) inclusive; and

(c) for the purposes of formulating recommendations referred to in paragraph (a) orproviding advice and information referred to in paragraph (b), to consult with indi-viduals, organisations and government departments and agencies associated or con-cerned with the development of relations between Australia and China.

8. Moneys required for the purpose of enabling the Council to discharge its functions andthe implementation of the Council’s recommendations shall be obtained from –

(a) moneys standing to the credit of any Trust Account established under Section 62Aof the Audit Act 1901 for those purposes; or

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(b) any other moneys lawfully available for those purposes.

9. Without limiting the generality of clause 7, the Council may, in relation to any matterconnected with the functions of the Council, make recommendations to the Minister forForeign Affairs with respect to –

(a) the entering into of contracts;

(b) the use and disposition of gifts, devises and bequests;

(c) the making of grants and loans;

(d) the provision of scholarships and benefits; and

(e) the employment under the Public Service Act 1922 of an Executive Officer andother staff to assist the Council.

GIVEN under my Handand the Great Seal

of Australia on17 May 1978

(Signed Zelman Cowen)Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command(Signed Andrew Peacock)Minister of State for Foreign Affairs

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Commonwealth of Australia

Amendments of the order establishing theAustralia–China councilI, SIR ZELMAN COWEN, the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia,acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby amend the Order dated 17May 1978 establishing the Australia–China Council –

(a) by omitting from paragraph 2(1) (b) “15 other members” and substituting “16 othermembers”; and

(b) by adding at the end of clause 2 the following sub-clause:

“(3) A person may be appointed to be a member of the Council subject to the conditionthat no remuneration, allowances or other payments are to be payable to him as amember of the Council apart from payments of amounts to reimburse him for traveland accommodation expenses actually incurred by him in the performance of hisduties as a member of the Council.”


of Australia on17 May 1979


By His Excellency’s Command(Signed Andrew Peacock)Minister of State for Foreign Affairs

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Amendment of the order establishing theAustralia–China councilI, SIR ZELMAN COWEN, the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia,acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby order as follows:

1. The Order dated 17 May 1978 establishing the Australia–China Council, as amended bythe Order dated 17 May 1979, is amended by omitting sub-clauses 2(2) and 2(3) and substi-tuting the following sub-clauses:

“(2) The members of the Council shall be appointed by the Governor-General on thenomination of the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.

“(3) The Chairman shall be appointed –

(a) for a period not exceeding 5 years; and

(b) on a part-time basis.

“(4) A member of the Council, other than the Chairman, shall be appointed –

(a) for a period not exceeding 3 years; and

(b) on a part-time basis.

“(5) A person may be appointed to be a member of the Council subject to the conditionthat no remuneration, allowances or other payments are to be payable to him as amember of the Council apart from payments of amounts to reimburse him for traveland accommodation expenses actually incurred by him in the performance of hisduties as a member of the Council.”

2. A person who held office as a member of the Australia–China Council immediatelybefore the making of this Order continues to hold office as if this Order had been in forcewhen the person was appointed to be such a member and he had been appointed under theOrder dated 17 May 1978 as amended by the Order dated 17 May 1979 and by this Order.


of Australia on28 April 1981


By His Excellency’s Command(Signed A Street)Minister of State for Foreign Affairs

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