Mission
AustCham Shanghai strengthens Australia-China business,
government and community relationships and promotes Australia as a
creative and reliable provider of innovative, high quality business
solutions.
Strategic Objectives
AustCham Shanghai is founded as a business organisation:
- To influence and provide leadership in the broad
Australia-China business community.
- To promote and foster Australia-China trade, industry, commerce
and investment, and technical, cultural and community links
- To be an effective advocate of Australia-China business
interests by establishing close and respected liaison with
government officials in Australia and China at all levels
- To be respected in the broader international business community
as a vigorous, influential business organisation
- To be widely acknowledged as a significant contact and
reference source on all matters relating to Australia-China
business and business practices, developments and business
opportunities in Australia and China generally
- To provide a forum for dialogue and contact with senior
business leaders and academics
- To actively engage locally, regionally and internationally with
counterpart organisations in pursuit of shared interests and mutual
benefits
- To promote member businesses as a priority through available
and feasible means including publications, liaison, advocacy,
general referral and representation strategies
- To inform and enhance understanding of key issues in business
and changing business environments particularly in Australia and
China through available and feasible means including events,
committees, industry working groups, industry visits, forums
websites, publications, community outreach, study, survey reports,
and advocacy.
- To initiate effective community outreach activities and service
opportunities
In support of achieving these objectives:
- To achieve significant, organisational growth on behalf of
members
- To innovatively plan, develop and implement systems and
procedures for monitoring progress across the organisation so as to
facilitate effective use of resources, to achieve clearly stated
goals, and to increase knowledge of members' interests so the
organisation exceeds expectations
- To develop, record and clearly communicate policies and
guidelines for briefing, guidance, training and development of
Executive, committees, staff and members within the organisation
and for promoting and representing the organisation and its members
outside the organisation
- To develop a well balanced set of membership benefits based on
a central orientation to business and a deeply informed knowledge
of membership interests with appropriate consideration of other
valuable cultural, social, and educational aspects of networking
and community
- To facilitate high relevance formal and informal business
networking opportunities (both exclusively and non-exclusively) for
members and the community
- To develop and maintain resources, facilities,
hardware/software systems to support high performance in meeting
all demands on the organisation
- To establish a full-time, professional Secretariat staff team
led by an Executive Director reporting directly within Executive to
administer the day to day operations, to advise and guide strategic
development and management policies for the organisation and to
oversee constructive communication with membership and with key
wider community contacts