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From all the team at AustCham Shanghai we would like to wish you
all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New
Year!
2010 was an exciting year for the Chamber and its members. It
started with the modern new office for the expanding team, followed
by the tremendous success of the Shanghai World Expo and couldn't
have ended better with the 18th Annual Australia China Business
Awards.
Be sure to kick off the new year at the Aussie Drinks
Central Launch Party hosted by a new venue, The Camel
Sports Bar on Friday 7th January, 2011 and don't forget to save the
date for the Australia Day Family BBQ on 22nd January, 2011.
In this issue:
AustCham Shanghai 2011 Event Series,
China takes over the USA as Australia's top destination for services exports.
Introducing Corporate member and one of the world's largest
accounting bodies CPA Australia
and more Australian programming on
ICS for 2011!
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AustCham Shanghai 2011
Event Series
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AustCham Shanghai makes full use
of its resources to create professional conferences and events
which encourage AustCham members to share ideas and solutions, to
build people-to-people connections and new relationships.
In 2011, we are planning various event series with different
themes, among them, Chief Economist Series, Parliamentary Lobbying
Series, Chief Executive Boardroom Series, SMART Series, Inside
China Series, Networking Lunch Series, as well as Women in Business
Breakfast Series.
From conception to marketing and delivery, AustCham Shanghai
strives to provide valuable market information to event guests
while meeting our sponsors' marketing objectives.
To know more about speaking opportunities and sponsorship
opportunities at these events, please contact Carol Gong, Events
& Sponsorship Manager, at 86 21 6248 8301 Ext: 201 or carol.gong@austchamshanghai.com.
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Latest News from
Austrade - China now Australia's top destination for services
exports
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China has overtaken the United States to become Australia's largest
services export market in 2009-10, the Australian Bureau of
Statistics (ABS) has reported..
Services exports to China reached $5.8 billion in 2009-10, up
13.4 per cent from the previous year.
The United States, which held the top spot as Australia's
largest services export market for the past 26 years, moved into
second place in 2009-10 at just under $5.3 billion.
India also moved up the rankings, from fourth to third top
destination for Australian goods and services exports at $19.8
billion; a 7.8 per cent increase on its share of the Australian
export market in the previous year.
Other key points from the data include:
• Japan continues to be a major trading partner for
Australia - holding its place as the second top destination for
Australian goods and services exports worth $39 billion; and
Australia's second largest two-way trading partner.
• Australia's top five two-way trading partners were: China at
$90.3 billion; Japan at $58.9 billion; the United States at $48.9
billion; Republic of Korea at $25.8 billion; and India at $22.3
billion.
Source: International Trade in Services by Country, by State
and by Detailed Services Category, Financial Year, 2009-10 and
taken from the Austrade Export Update.
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Introductions and Promotions
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CPA Australia
Introducing AustCham Shanghai Corporate Member
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CPA Australia is the largest
professional finance, accounting and business body in Australia and
one of the world's largest accounting bodies with over 128,000
members. CPA members live in over 100 countries and work across a
wide spectrum of industries including commerce, finance, public
accountancy and academia.
CPA Australia's vision is to be the global professional accountancy
designation for strategic business leaders. CPA's primary role is
to support members through providing education, training and
technical advice that maintain their professional competence as
well as add value to their professional development, recognition
and standing.
The organisation has offices in all Australian capital cities, Hong
Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Malaysia, Singapore, Fiji, Indonesia, New
Zealand, Vietnam, Papua New Guinea and the United Kingdom.
Membership in Hong Kong and China currently stands at 12,000 and
continues to grow annually.
For details on CPA visit www.cpaaustralia.com.au or
Email: hk@cpaaustralia.com.au
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More
Australian programming on ICS for 2011
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Australia Network and International Channel Shanghai (ICS) signed a
Co-operation Agreement during 2010 which will mean we will see more
Australian programming on ICS including AFL games next year - great
news AFL Fans!
On December 25th at 1:30pm 2010, ICS will screen a one hour
highlight program of the 2010 Melbourne Cup Day event which has
been produced as part of the co-operation between the channels.
Australian Network and ICS hope Aussies in Shanghai will tune in
and enjoy!
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Event Calendar
December 2010
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