Austrade China Podcast

Ms Sophie Yao, China General Manager of Pegasus Tech Ventures joins the show and shares with us her insights about the tech investment trend in China post COVID-19. Sophie also shares advice and tips to Australian startups who are looking to land in China.

Joint Austrade/ Beijing Austcham Webinar on business impacts of COVID-19

Patrick Zhu, China Head of Global Liquidity & Cash Management for HSBC, joined us to discuss China’s cross border fund flow rules and how these regulations can potentially impact Australian SMEs, who are seeking to repatriate funds and gain investment. Write to us at ChinaPodcast@austrade.gov.au.

CEO of the Export Group Mr Matthew McKenzie joined the show recently and shared his observations and recommendations for Australian businesses to establish productive presence on the ground, not only in the familiar metropolises like Beijing or Shanghai, but also in the more complex layers of municipalities and cities like Changsha to find the market for your business. Find out more info from TheExportGroup.co. Write to us at ChinaPodcast@austrade.gov.au. The Austrade China Podcast will be expanded to 3 program series and will be on more platforms starting late May. Stay tuned!

China has demonstrated its ambitious plans in large-scale infrastructural construction projects and initiatives including hundreds of miles of high-speed rail, a new city "Xiong'An" just south of Beijing, amongst many others. However, how could Australian design and infrastructural excellence and capability leverage this massive scale of opportunities? Trade Commissioner Beijing Mr Matthew Brent joined the show recently and shared his views on how Australian businesses should prepare themselves for this dynamic market where global capabilities are all in competition for this market's appetite. Write to us at ChinaPodcast@austrade.gov.au to make your voice heard. Consider reaching out to your local Austrade office to get advice on your steps for globalisation. Apply for the Landing Pad at AustraliaUnlimited.com/LandingPads.

Agri-business makes up a key pillar in the Australia-China trade relationship. With the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA), exciting cases have been emerging in this sector continuously. Austrade Shanghai Business Development Manager Kevin Wang joined the show and shared some observations regarding Australia's advantages, China's market needs, and the future trends in this primary sector. Share your views or questions with us at ChinaPodcast@austrade.gov.au. To seek Austrade's assistance, please contact your local Austrade and/or TradeStart team at austrade.gov.au or call 13 28 78 from Australia.

Austrade China recently had the pleasure to have Australian Paralympic Gold Medalist Lindy Hou joining the show from Guangzhou. She talked about her journey growing up and continued the pursuit of dreams in spite of the vision impairment. She also shared critical empowering messages to the younger generation who suffered from vision impairment or other kinds of disabilities during her visit to Guangzhou. "It's important for each and every one of us to have something to aim and aspire for. We can't always fulfil everything we dream about, but the fact that we have a goal and dream would certainly help us get a step closer to that point in life than not having one at all." Trade Commissioner Guangzhou Anna Lin was the co-host of this episode. For more of the inspiring stories by Lindy, visit LindyHou.com. Any comments or questions, email us at ChinaPodcast@austra [...]

Biotech, Medtech, Pharmaceutical, and other health-related sectors enjoy shared focuses of both Australian and Chinese researchers, industries, governments and beyond. Collaboration between these two countries and around the world have been prosperous and productive. Petri Exchange, a Sydney-based company, is also looking into these sectors by identifying edge-cutting health technologies, supporting innovations to thrive, and providing a new way to invest in biotechnologies. Both Cofounders, Andrew and Phil, during their Shanghai Landing Pad journey, joined us today to talk about the synergies between Australia's world-leading research and their collaboration and application in China alongside their very own adventure of entering the China market. Learn more about Petri Exchange at petriexchange.org. More about the Landing Pad program, access australiaunlimited.com/la [...]

Transforming traditional industries into smart and automated powerhouses leveraging technologies has proven to be an effective model to benefit both ends. However, understanding the complex context of the traditional and local practices is paramount to success. We have Brian representing Tenderfield, an Australian startup focusing on improving efficiency and collaboration throughout the construction project management processes, joining the show to share his views on entering the China market as a Landing Pad participant. To learn more about Tenderfield, access tenderfield.com. For more info re the Landing Pads program and lodge your own application, go to AustraliaUnlimited.com/LandingPads. Questions or comments, email us at ChinaPodcast@austrade.gov.au.

Australian lifestyle design has its fair share of significance in the international community with its passion and respect for its origins and diversity. In the new era of digitisation, can Australian lifestyle and home design shine even brighter? With this question, we interviewed two passionate entrepreneurs Jason and Joe from KOPA at the #ShanghaiLP as one of the Cohort 4 companies. Visit KopaLife.com to learn more about their design and products. Access AustraliaUnlimited.com/LandingPads to learn more about the program and lodge your own application. Email us at ChinaPodcast@austrade.gov.au to make comments and enquiries.

This week marks the 3rd week of the #ShanghaiLP Cohort 4 journey. We invited one of the four participants, Ms Megan Gathercole from Group Eight Media to join the show to share her experience in China, at the Landing Pad, and particularly the very industry - filmmaking, and various exciting initiatives between Australia and China that she's been working on, from a practical perspective. To learn more about the Landing Pad or lodge your own application, go to AustraliaUnlimited.com/LandingPads. To share your thoughts and make an enquiry, email us at ChinaPodcast@austrade.gov.au.

The Australian Landing Pad in Shanghai welcomed the 4th regular cohort of four entrepreneurs on 22-Jan and seven more delegates attending the first China Bootcamp on 29-Jan that Austrade co-delivers in partnership with PTL Group. The China Bootcamp is a signature program initially implemented by PTL Group for Israeli startups prepping their founders and managers for China market entry. Through the partnership between Austrade and PTL, this time, the Bootcamp becomes an iterated offering at the #ShanghaiLP in parallel with and ramps up to the regular 90-day residencies. This 1-week intensive program aims to provide Australian entrepreneurs who're interested in the China market a quick validation of the market context and a solid ramping-up approach for their market entry strategies and roadmaps for next steps. If you are interested in participating in an industry-specific Bootcamp in the future, express your interest and vote for your industry sector by emailing u [...]

Australia has shown its leadership role in the international community in adopting and standardising the Blockchain technology alongside China as this powerhouse nation has shown unprecedented passion from government, tech giants, to investors on this particular technology that has application scenes rooted in but far beyond the financial services sector. Working on supporting Australian Blockchain technology from its early days, Austrade China Financial Services Team has led multiple missions to and from China to enhance the collaboration between the two countries on Blockchain. The very person behind multiple missions and sound collaboration, Adam Gong, joined the show to share trends and actions in this exciting area. For more info regarding the event mentioned in the show - APAC Blockchain Conference 2018 in Melbourne, please access apacblockchain.com.au.

As the new Austrade China Innovation Team Leader, Dane shared his new year resolution for the team on delivering more practical guides as 'landing toolkit' for Australian innovators, businesses, and researchers. Daniel shared his undertaking on a 'Leap to China' guidebook for Australian entrepreneurs to tap the China market with a sneak peek of some landing tips in the publication. What's your New Year Resolution professionally? What topics do you want to learn more from us in the upcoming year? Email us with your opinions at chinapodcast@austrade.gov.au.

Alibaba Group's TMall (Global) platform is one of the world's largest cross-border e-commerce platforms running a series of major sales events throughout the year including the '11-11 Shopping Festival' that recently created yet another record of topping US$25b gross sales within the 24 hours of 11-Nov-2017. Joining the show, Ms Phoebe Kung, from Alibaba's TMall Import & Export Government Affairs Department, shared the concept, business models and future tendencies of 'Cross-border E-Commerce' and tips for Australian businesses to further stand out and succeed leveraging the power of e-commerce. Alibaba's Australia and New Zealand Office is located at Level 2, 411 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC and can be contacted via phone at +61-3-9046-5788. You may also go to Austrade.gov.au website or call 13 28 78 (in Australia) to seek Austrade local services that may suit [...]

As one of six Australian Counsellors for Industry, Innovation and Science overseas, Ms Joanna Bunting from the Australian Embassy in Beijing joined the show to share the latest updates on research and innovation collaboration endeavours with China and practical guides for researchers to consider working with Chinese partners with the support under the National Innovation and Science Agenda (NISA) alongside other frameworks. For more info on NISA, visit Innovation.gov.au. To learn more about research funding and supporting programmes mentioned in the podcast, visit Science.gov.au or China.Embassy.gov.au. To share your comments or inquiries, email us at chinapodcast@austrade.gov.au. On this joyous occasion, Austrade China wishes you a very merry Christmas and h [...]

Recently finished their journey at the Australian Landing Pad in Shanghai, Ms Trisha Lin and Mr Frank Ma, both from Cozitrip, a B2B tourist-tech company aggregating hotel rooms, service apartments and tourism products for online and offline travel agencies, joined the show and shared about their experiences at #ShanghaiLP. To learn more about Cozitrip, visit cozitrip.com. To lodge your own Landing Pad applications, go to AustraliaUnlimited.com/LandingPads. To share your thoughts and inquiries, email us at ChinaPodcast@austrade.gov.au.

Dr Veronica Borrett, by training a research scientist, but also the Founder of BAI Games - a game-based learning company, and the Creator of Wenhu App (Wenhu - Chinese for 'Word Tiger'). Wenhu is designed for westerners to learn Chinese characters through breaking characters up into smaller components as well as a series of gamification elements. Veronica joined us and shared her experience on the Shanghai Landing Pad as one of the Cohort 3 participants. For more information on the Wenhu App, visit wenhu.com.au or search 'Wenhu' at iOS App Store. To lodge your application to the Landing Pad, visit AustraliaUnlimited.com/LandingPads. Any comments or questions, send us a note at chinapodcast@austrade.gov.au.

We had an enlightening chat with the Trade Commissioner (Education, Northeast Asia) and Education Consul in Shanghai Mr Rhett Miller on projecting the Australian international education sector and offerings with a consideration of employability, emerging technology trends, and market needs in China. For more information on the Online Education and EdTech Report mentioned in the programme, go to the Austrade Website.

Having built a half-expatriate-half-local startup community, established a Corporate Innovation portfolio, and continues to co-deliver the Australian Landing Pad programme in Shanghai with Austrade, XNode has proven to be a lead runner in the Shanghai startup scene offering a comprehensive range of services bridging the international and local startup and scaleup communities together. In this episode, XNode's Community Manager Mr Jasper Gill talks about the journey and thinkings of himself and XNode over the two years' development at 'China speed and China scale'. To learn more about XNode Accelerator and Co-Working Space, access theXNode.com.

Mr Mark Tanner, Founder and Managing Director of China Skinny, who has come to China for a long time and has helped many fellow foreign businesses entering into this dynamic yet drastically different market through tailored localisation and market insight researching assistance, joined us on the show this time. Mark talked about the importance of localising the market entry strategy for tapping the China market using vivid examples. For more information on China Skinny's work and market insights, visit .

Overseeing Austrade's China Innovation Strategy that includes both implementation of the Landing Pad in Shanghai for startups and scale-ups under NISA (National Innovation and Science Agenda) and facilitation of research commercialisation for Australian innovators and researchers, Trade Commissioner Karen Surmon joins us on this episode to talk about the Government's roles and value propositions in these endeavours as one piece of the puzzle completing the ecosystem that collectively supports businesses and researchers. Access to get more info on the Landing Pad or to lodge your application.

In this episode, we are pleased to have Ms Charlene Liu joining us at the PwC Innovation Centre in Shanghai sharing her journey and tips on coming to China and elaborating on the origin and founding stories of #LadiesWhoTech among other social initiatives. Charlene is an exemplar of promoting STEM path and opportunities for female, and a pioneer in running diversity programmes in Shanghai. Access ladieswhotech.cn to learn more about this cause. What topics would you like to hear? What suggestions do you have? Alternatively, do you want to connect with the guest or learn more about the subjects discussed in the episodes? Make your voice heard by writing to chinapodcast@austrade.gov.au.