{"id":26729,"date":"2024-05-18T04:43:19","date_gmt":"2024-05-18T04:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=26729"},"modified":"2024-05-18T04:43:19","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T04:43:19","slug":"national-foundation-for-australia-china-relations-grants-and-ceo-appointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/05\/18\/national-foundation-for-australia-china-relations-grants-and-ceo-appointment\/","title":{"rendered":"National Foundation for Australia-China Relations grants and CEO appointment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are pleased to announce the recipients of the National Foundation for Australia-China Relations grants round for 2023-24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In total, 27 grants will be provided to support a range of activities designed to strengthen cooperation and enhance engagement between the people of Australia and China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The grants will support Australian industry to re-engage with China in areas of economic importance for Australia, including agriculture and tourism. They will also support collaboration on climate change, energy and the environment in line with the statement on joint outcomes from the China-Australia annual leader\u2019s meeting.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiatives receiving grants are listed on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.australiachinafoundation.org.au\/grants\/2023-24-grant-round-0\">Foundation\u2019s website<\/a>&nbsp;and include:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Support to assist industry sectors build market connections, including for barley\/grains, dairy, wool, wine and tourism.<\/li><li>Research and innovation in decarbonisation, drought-resilience, sustainability, and climate change policy dialogue.<\/li><li>Equipping the next generation of Chinese-Australian leaders with the skills and expertise to contribute to Australian public debate, including around engagement and collaboration with China.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Programs to increase China literacy and the capability of scholars and young professionals to engage with China.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We welcome the appointment of Mr Gary Cowan as Chief Executive Officer of the National Foundation for Australia-China Relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Cowan is a senior career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) He has served overseas as Australia\u2019s Representative in Taipei from 2018 to 2021, with previous postings to Beijing, Shanghai and Tokyo. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I thank former CEO Peter Cai for his contributions to the Foundation as CEO since 2021, and during its establishment phase as an advisory board member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are also pleased to announce the appointment of Ms Alice Pung OAM to the Advisory Board of the Foundation. Ms Pung is a Melbourne-based writer, editor and lawyer and an Adjunct Professor at RMIT University\u2019s School of Media and Communication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Advisory Board helps to guide the Foundation in its work to support governments, businesses, and communities build links and strengthen constructive engagement with China, consistent with our national interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong> Foreign Minister, Penny Wong:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cCentral to our approach to Australia\u2019s relationship with China is engaging in the national interest.<\/p><p>\u201cThe National Foundation for Australia-China Relations is a key avenue for this engagement, and these grants will further strengthen community and people to people ties.<\/p><p>\u201cMs Pung\u2019s writing about growing up as a migrant in Australia resonates across diverse communities, and I am thrilled that she is bringing her expertise and insight to the Foundation\u2019s Advisory Board.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trade and Tourism Minister, Don Farrell:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThese grants will help to boost engagement and build lasting business and people-to-people connections with China, our largest trading partner and a key contributor to our tourism and international education sectors.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are pleased to announce the recipients of the National Foundation for Australia-China Relations grants round for 2023-24. In total, 27 grants will be provided to support a range of activities designed to strengthen cooperation and enhance engagement between the people of Australia and China. The grants will support Australian industry to re-engage with China &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/05\/18\/national-foundation-for-australia-china-relations-grants-and-ceo-appointment\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;National Foundation for Australia-China Relations grants and CEO appointment&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26729"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26730,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26729\/revisions\/26730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}