❓ The Premier outlines the positive impact of the Chinese President's visit on Western Australia's reputation, highlighting benefits for resources, technology, tourism, and education sectors through increased exposure and strengthened relationships.
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PRESIDENT OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA - WESTERN AUSTRALIA’S REPUTATION
Could the Premier please outline how Western Australia’s excellent reputation as a reliable and stable economy has been enhanced further by the visit to Perth by the President of the People’s Republic of China, His Excellency Mr Hu Jintao? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
Could the Premier please outline how Western Australia’s excellent reputation as a reliable and stable economy has been enhanced further by the visit to Perth by the President of the People’s Republic of China, His Excellency Mr Hu Jintao? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
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I thank the member for the question, which is very relevant to his electorate. I think that the last 18 to 20 hours have been indisputably good for Western Australia. A lot of work went into the build-up to the visit, and I thank the member for Central Kimberley-Pilbara and others who have played a part in bringing about the developments that we have seen between Western Australia and China. This morning I had the pleasure of accompanying President Hu Jintao as he travelled around various parts of the metropolitan area. First of all, at Kings Park he took in the incredibly beautiful city of Perth and was obviously extremely impressed. Great merriment was had by the provision of some wildlife, a baby kangaroo and a koala, which provided great photogenic material. What we must remember in Western Australia is that wherever the President of China goes, there is saturation coverage of it back in China. Positive images of Western Australia, with Kings Park in the background, and the President of China surrounded by some of the heavyweights from China clearly enjoying themselves, have ramifications back in China that will bring tremendous benefit to us. We visited BHP at the Australian Resources Research Centre in Bentley and, again, the imagery that goes back to China is that Western Australia, as well as being rich in resources, is rich in technology, science and innovation, and is at the cutting edge in developing new techniques to improve productivity and capacity scope in the resource industry. That is very good. It is likewise at Rio Tinto Ltd’s HIsmelt plant at Kwinana. Again, the story that gets told in China about these developments in Western Australia is profoundly important. I thought that last night’s dinner, which I touched upon in my brief ministerial statement, was outstandingly enjoyable. I thank all those members in the chamber who attended and contributed to the event. I thought it was a wonderful evening. Again, we cannot underestimate the value that these sorts of functions have for us in the long term. The Chinese place great importance on building up the interpersonal relationships that can be established at functions like that. The fact that they unequivocally enjoyed their experience is extremely beneficial to us. It was a very good evening and I congratulate and thank everybody who took part, particularly the people who organised the event. I had the best part of a two-hour conversation with the President of China, which is an unusual privilege, but it was very good. Like Wen Jiabao, Wu Bangguo and Zeng Peiyan before him, the President was a very easy person to communicate with and was very knowledgeable about Western Australia. He was inquisitive and appreciative of the musicians, particularly the didgeridoo playing by Richard Walley and others. It was very beautiful, and the President reflected upon that. It was a very good evening. The discussion drew out other areas of interest, especially education services, science and technology, and innovation in medical research and biotechnology. Barry Marshall broke protocol by approaching the President, offering him his card and explaining who he was. I was a bit worried about how that would play out with the security forces and that we might lose our Nobel laureate, but far from that, they had a good conversation about what Professor Marshall is engaging in with Chinese scientists and medical researchers. It was very good. The Minister for Tourism would be pleased with the commitment that the President of China gave to investigate and encourage his aviation department to explore direct transport communication links with Western Australia. This piece of the communication link will, once it is in place, open the floodgate of personal-related people movements between our state and China and will take our relationship and opportunities into a completely new dimension. Again, technology is breaking out everywhere. As well as the negotiation about the Channar agreement, this morning Shell and PetroChina signed an agreement for the provision of one million tonnes of liquefied natural gas a year from Gorgon to China. This is a historic development. It makes a very powerful statement about the Gorgon project and the partners and their confidence in the project, as well as about the Chinese. We will be able to go beyond the original agreement to provide LNG to Guangdong, which was first delivered last year. There will be other stages of these agreements. Our LNG trade is about to move to a completely different level. That is extremely important and valuable for Western Australia. I thank the member for Central Kimberley-Pilbara for his ongoing support for the industries in the Pilbara that are pivotal to this relationship. It would be fair to say that I had the feeling last night that Western Australia put on a very good face to China. I thank all those people who participated in the dinner, including those in this chamber, former members, former Premiers, and members of the business and artistic communities.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for the question, which is very relevant to his electorate. I think that the last 18 to 20 hours have been indisputably good for Western Australia. A lot of work went into the build-up to the visit, and I thank the member for Central Kimberley-Pilbara and others who have played a part in bringing about the developments that we have seen between Western Australia and China. This morning I had the pleasure of accompanying President Hu Jintao as he travelled around various parts of the metropolitan area. First of all, at Kings Park he took in the incredibly beautiful city of Perth and was obviously extremely impressed. Great merriment was had by the provision of some wildlife, a baby kangaroo and a koala, which provided great photogenic material. What we must remember in Western Australia is that wherever the President of China goes, there is saturation coverage of it back in China. Positive images of Western Australia, with Kings Park in the background, and the President of China surrounded by some of the heavyweights from China clearly enjoying themselves, have ramifications back in China that will bring tremendous benefit to us. We visited BHP at the Australian Resources Research Centre in Bentley and, again, the imagery that goes back to China is that Western Australia, as well as being rich in resources, is rich in technology, science and innovation, and is at the cutting edge in developing new techniques to improve productivity and capacity scope in the resource industry. That is very good. It is likewise at Rio Tinto Ltd’s HIsmelt plant at Kwinana. Again, the story that gets told in China about these developments in Western Australia is profoundly important. I thought that last night’s dinner, which I touched upon in my brief ministerial statement, was outstandingly enjoyable. I thank all those members in the chamber who attended and contributed to the event. I thought it was a wonderful evening. Again, we cannot underestimate the value that these sorts of functions have for us in the long term. The Chinese place great importance on building up the interpersonal relationships that can be established at functions like that. The fact that they unequivocally enjoyed their experience is extremely beneficial to us. It was a very good evening and I congratulate and thank everybody who took part, particularly the people who organised the event. I had the best part of a two-hour conversation with the President of China, which is an unusual privilege, but it was very good. Like Wen Jiabao, Wu Bangguo and Zeng Peiyan before him, the President was a very easy person to communicate with and was very knowledgeable about Western Australia. He was inquisitive and appreciative of the musicians, particularly the didgeridoo playing by Richard Walley and others. It was very beautiful, and the President reflected upon that. It was a very good evening. The discussion drew out other areas of interest, especially education services, science and technology, and innovation in medical research and biotechnology. Barry Marshall broke protocol by approaching the President, offering him his card and explaining who he was. I was a bit worried about how that would play out with the security forces and that we might lose our Nobel laureate, but far from that, they had a good conversation about what Professor Marshall is engaging in with Chinese scientists and medical researchers. It was very good. The Minister for Tourism would be pleased with the commitment that the President of China gave to investigate and encourage his aviation department to explore direct transport communication links with Western Australia. This piece of the communication link will, once it is in place, open the floodgate of personal-related people movements between our state and China and will take our relationship and opportunities into a completely new dimension. Again, technology is breaking out everywhere. As well as the negotiation about the Channar agreement, this morning Shell and PetroChina signed an agreement for the provision of one million tonnes of liquefied natural gas a year from Gorgon to China. This is a historic development. It makes a very powerful statement about the Gorgon project and the partners and their confidence in the project, as well as about the Chinese. We will be able to go beyond the original agreement to provide LNG to Guangdong, which was first delivered last year. There will be other stages of these agreements. Our LNG trade is about to move to a completely different level. That is extremely important and valuable for Western Australia. I thank the member for Central Kimberley-Pilbara for his ongoing support for the industries in the Pilbara that are pivotal to this relationship. It would be fair to say that I had the feeling last night that Western Australia put on a very good face to China. I thank all those people who participated in the dinner, including those in this chamber, former members, former Premiers, and members of the business and artistic communities.
I thank the member for the question, which is very relevant to his electorate. I think that the last 18 to 20 hours have been indisputably good for Western Australia. A lot of work went into the build-up to the visit, and I thank the member for Central Kimberley-Pilbara and others who have played a part in bringing about the developments that we have seen between Western Australia and China. This morning I had the pleasure of accompanying President Hu Jintao as he travelled around various parts of the metropolitan area. First of all, at Kings Park he took in the incredibly beautiful city of Perth and was obviously extremely impressed. Great merriment was had by the provision of some wildlife, a baby kangaroo and a koala, which provided great photogenic material. What we must remember in Western Australia is that wherever the President of China goes, there is saturation coverage of it back in China. Positive images of Western Australia, with Kings Park in the background, and the President of China surrounded by some of the heavyweights from China clearly enjoying themselves, have ramifications back in China that will bring tremendous benefit to us. We visited BHP at the Australian Resources Research Centre in Bentley and, again, the imagery that goes back to China is that Western Australia, as well as being rich in resources, is rich in technology, science and innovation, and is at the cutting edge in developing new techniques to improve productivity and capacity scope in the resource industry. That is very good. It is likewise at Rio Tinto Ltd’s HIsmelt plant at Kwinana. Again, the story that gets told in China about these developments in Western Australia is profoundly important. I thought that last night’s dinner, which I touched upon in my brief ministerial statement, was outstandingly enjoyable. I thank all those members in the chamber who attended and contributed to the event. I thought it was a wonderful evening. Again, we cannot underestimate the value that these sorts of functions have for us in the long term. The Chinese place great importance on building up the interpersonal relationships that can be established at functions like that. The fact that they unequivocally enjoyed their experience is extremely beneficial to us. It was a very good evening and I congratulate and thank everybody who took part, particularly the people who organised the event. I had the best part of a two-hour conversation with the President of China, which is an unusual privilege, but it was very good. Like Wen Jiabao, Wu Bangguo and Zeng Peiyan before him, the President was a very easy person to communicate with and was very knowledgeable about Western Australia. He was inquisitive and appreciative of the musicians, particularly the didgeridoo playing by Richard Walley and others. It was very beautiful, and the President reflected upon that. It was a very good evening. The discussion drew out other areas of interest, especially education services, science and technology, and innovation in medical research and biotechnology. Barry Marshall broke protocol by approaching the President, offering him his card and explaining who he was. I was a bit worried about how that would play out with the security forces and that we might lose our Nobel laureate, but far from that, they had a good conversation about what Professor Marshall is engaging in with Chinese scientists and medical researchers. It was very good. The Minister for Tourism would be pleased with the commitment that the President of China gave to investigate and encourage his aviation department to explore direct transport communication links with Western Australia. This piece of the communication link will, once it is in place, open the floodgate of personal-related people movements between our state and China and will take our relationship and opportunities into a completely new dimension. Again, technology is breaking out everywhere. As well as the negotiation about the Channar agreement, this morning Shell and PetroChina signed an agreement for the provision of one million tonnes of liquefied natural gas a year from Gorgon to China. This is a historic development. It makes a very powerful statement about the Gorgon project and the partners and their confidence in the project, as well as about the Chinese. We will be able to go beyond the original agreement to provide LNG to Guangdong, which was first delivered last year. There will be other stages of these agreements. Our LNG trade is about to move to a completely different level. That is extremely important and valuable for Western Australia. I thank the member for Central Kimberley-Pilbara for his ongoing support for the industries in the Pilbara that are pivotal to this relationship. It would be fair to say that I had the feeling last night that Western Australia put on a very good face to China. I thank all those people who participated in the dinner, including those in this chamber, former members, former Premiers, and members of the business and artistic communities.
I thought that last night’s dinner, which I touched upon in my brief ministerial statement, was outstandingly enjoyable. I thank all those members in the chamber who attended and contributed to the event. I thought it was a wonderful evening. Again, we cannot underestimate the value that these sorts of functions have for us in the long term. The Chinese place great importance on building up the interpersonal relationships that can be established at functions like that. The fact that they unequivocally enjoyed their experience is extremely beneficial to us. It was a very good evening and I congratulate and thank everybody who took part, particularly the people who organised the event. I had the best part of a two-hour conversation with the President of China, which is an unusual privilege, but it was very good. Like Wen Jiabao, Wu Bangguo and Zeng Peiyan before him, the President was a very easy person to communicate with and was very knowledgeable about Western Australia. He was inquisitive and appreciative of the musicians, particularly the didgeridoo playing by Richard Walley and others. It was very beautiful, and the President reflected upon that. It was a very good evening. The discussion drew out other areas of interest, especially education services, science and technology, and innovation in medical research and biotechnology. Barry Marshall broke protocol by approaching the President, offering him his card and explaining who he was. I was a bit worried about how that would play out with the security forces and that we might lose our Nobel laureate, but far from that, they had a good conversation about what Professor Marshall is engaging in with Chinese scientists and medical researchers. It was very good. The Minister for Tourism would be pleased with the commitment that the President of China gave to investigate and encourage his aviation department to explore direct transport communication links with Western Australia. This piece of the communication link will, once it is in place, open the floodgate of personal-related people movements between our state and China and will take our relationship and opportunities into a completely new dimension. Again, technology is breaking out everywhere. As well as the negotiation about the Channar agreement, this morning Shell and PetroChina signed an agreement for the provision of one million tonnes of liquefied natural gas a year from Gorgon to China. This is a historic development. It makes a very powerful statement about the Gorgon project and the partners and their confidence in the project, as well as about the Chinese. We will be able to go beyond the original agreement to provide LNG to Guangdong, which was first delivered last year. There will be other stages of these agreements. Our LNG trade is about to move to a completely different level. That is extremely important and valuable for Western Australia. I thank the member for Central Kimberley-Pilbara for his ongoing support for the industries in the Pilbara that are pivotal to this relationship. It would be fair to say that I had the feeling last night that Western Australia put on a very good face to China. I thank all those people who participated in the dinner, including those in this chamber, former members, former Premiers, and members of the business and artistic communities.
I had the best part of a two-hour conversation with the President of China, which is an unusual privilege, but it was very good. Like Wen Jiabao, Wu Bangguo and Zeng Peiyan before him, the President was a very easy person to communicate with and was very knowledgeable about Western Australia. He was inquisitive and appreciative of the musicians, particularly the didgeridoo playing by Richard Walley and others. It was very beautiful, and the President reflected upon that. It was a very good evening. The discussion drew out other areas of interest, especially education services, science and technology, and innovation in medical research and biotechnology. Barry Marshall broke protocol by approaching the President, offering him his card and explaining who he was. I was a bit worried about how that would play out with the security forces and that we might lose our Nobel laureate, but far from that, they had a good conversation about what Professor Marshall is engaging in with Chinese scientists and medical researchers. It was very good. The Minister for Tourism would be pleased with the commitment that the President of China gave to investigate and encourage his aviation department to explore direct transport communication links with Western Australia. This piece of the communication link will, once it is in place, open the floodgate of personal-related people movements between our state and China and will take our relationship and opportunities into a completely new dimension. Again, technology is breaking out everywhere. As well as the negotiation about the Channar agreement, this morning Shell and PetroChina signed an agreement for the provision of one million tonnes of liquefied natural gas a year from Gorgon to China. This is a historic development. It makes a very powerful statement about the Gorgon project and the partners and their confidence in the project, as well as about the Chinese. We will be able to go beyond the original agreement to provide LNG to Guangdong, which was first delivered last year. There will be other stages of these agreements. Our LNG trade is about to move to a completely different level. That is extremely important and valuable for Western Australia. I thank the member for Central Kimberley-Pilbara for his ongoing support for the industries in the Pilbara that are pivotal to this relationship. It would be fair to say that I had the feeling last night that Western Australia put on a very good face to China. I thank all those people who participated in the dinner, including those in this chamber, former members, former Premiers, and members of the business and artistic communities.
The Minister for Tourism would be pleased with the commitment that the President of China gave to investigate and encourage his aviation department to explore direct transport communication links with Western Australia. This piece of the communication link will, once it is in place, open the floodgate of personal-related people movements between our state and China and will take our relationship and opportunities into a completely new dimension. Again, technology is breaking out everywhere. As well as the negotiation about the Channar agreement, this morning Shell and PetroChina signed an agreement for the provision of one million tonnes of liquefied natural gas a year from Gorgon to China. This is a historic development. It makes a very powerful statement about the Gorgon project and the partners and their confidence in the project, as well as about the Chinese. We will be able to go beyond the original agreement to provide LNG to Guangdong, which was first delivered last year. There will be other stages of these agreements. Our LNG trade is about to move to a completely different level. That is extremely important and valuable for Western Australia. I thank the member for Central Kimberley-Pilbara for his ongoing support for the industries in the Pilbara that are pivotal to this relationship. It would be fair to say that I had the feeling last night that Western Australia put on a very good face to China. I thank all those people who participated in the dinner, including those in this chamber, former members, former Premiers, and members of the business and artistic communities.
I thank the member for Central Kimberley-Pilbara for his ongoing support for the industries in the Pilbara that are pivotal to this relationship. It would be fair to say that I had the feeling last night that Western Australia put on a very good face to China. I thank all those people who participated in the dinner, including those in this chamber, former members, former Premiers, and members of the business and artistic communities.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for the question, which is very relevant to his electorate. I think that the last 18 to 20 hours have been indisputably good for Western Australia. A lot of work went into the build-up to the visit, and I thank the member for Central Kimberley-Pilbara and others who have played a part in bringing about the developments that we have seen between Western Australia and China. This morning I had the pleasure of accompanying President Hu Jintao as he travelled around various parts of the metropolitan area. First of all, at Kings Park he took in the incredibly beautiful city of Perth and was obviously extremely impressed. Great merriment was had by the provision of some wildlife, a baby kangaroo and a koala, which provided great photogenic material. What we must remember in Western Australia is that wherever the President of China goes, there is saturation coverage of it back in China. Positive images of Western Australia, with Kings Park in the background, and the President of China surrounded by some of the heavyweights from China clearly enjoying themselves, have ramifications back in China that will bring tremendous benefit to us. We visited BHP at the Australian Resources Research Centre in Bentley and, again, the imagery that goes back to China is that Western Australia, as well as being rich in resources, is rich in technology, science and innovation, and is at the cutting edge in developing new techniques to improve productivity and capacity scope in the resource industry. That is very good. It is likewise at Rio Tinto Ltd’s HIsmelt plant at Kwinana. Again, the story that gets told in China about these developments in Western Australia is profoundly important. I thought that last night’s dinner, which I touched upon in my brief ministerial statement, was outstandingly enjoyable. I thank all those members in the chamber who attended and contributed to the event. I thought it was a wonderful evening. Again, we cannot underestimate the value that these sorts of functions have for us in the long term. The Chinese place great importance on building up the interpersonal relationships that can be established at functions like that. The fact that they unequivocally enjoyed their experience is extremely beneficial to us. It was a very good evening and I congratulate and thank everybody who took part, particularly the people who organised the event. I had the best part of a two-hour conversation with the President of China, which is an unusual privilege, but it was very good. Like Wen Jiabao, Wu Bangguo and Zeng Peiyan before him, the President was a very easy person to communicate with and was very knowledgeable about Western Australia. He was inquisitive and appreciative of the musicians, particularly the didgeridoo playing by Richard Walley and others. It was very beautiful, and the President reflected upon that. It was a very good evening. The discussion drew out other areas of interest, especially education services, science and technology, and innovation in medical research and biotechnology. Barry Marshall broke protocol by approaching the President, offering him his card and explaining who he was. I was a bit worried about how that would play out with the security forces and that we might lose our Nobel laureate, but far from that, they had a good conversation about what Professor Marshall is engaging in with Chinese scientists and medical researchers. It was very good. The Minister for Tourism would be pleased with the commitment that the President of China gave to investigate and encourage his aviation department to explore direct transport communication links with Western Australia. This piece of the communication link will, once it is in place, open the floodgate of personal-related people movements between our state and China and will take our relationship and opportunities into a completely new dimension. Again, technology is breaking out everywhere. As well as the negotiation about the Channar agreement, this morning Shell and PetroChina signed an agreement for the provision of one million tonnes of liquefied natural gas a year from Gorgon to China. This is a historic development. It makes a very powerful statement about the Gorgon project and the partners and their confidence in the project, as well as about the Chinese. We will be able to go beyond the original agreement to provide LNG to Guangdong, which was first delivered last year. There will be other stages of these agreements. Our LNG trade is about to move to a completely different level. That is extremely important and valuable for Western Australia. I thank the member for Central Kimberley-Pilbara for his ongoing support for the industries in the Pilbara that are pivotal to this relationship. It would be fair to say that I had the feeling last night that Western Australia put on a very good face to China. I thank all those people who participated in the dinner, including those in this chamber, former members, former Premiers, and members of the business and artistic communities.
I thank the member for the question, which is very relevant to his electorate. I think that the last 18 to 20 hours have been indisputably good for Western Australia. A lot of work went into the build-up to the visit, and I thank the member for Central Kimberley-Pilbara and others who have played a part in bringing about the developments that we have seen between Western Australia and China. This morning I had the pleasure of accompanying President Hu Jintao as he travelled around various parts of the metropolitan area. First of all, at Kings Park he took in the incredibly beautiful city of Perth and was obviously extremely impressed. Great merriment was had by the provision of some wildlife, a baby kangaroo and a koala, which provided great photogenic material. What we must remember in Western Australia is that wherever the President of China goes, there is saturation coverage of it back in China. Positive images of Western Australia, with Kings Park in the background, and the President of China surrounded by some of the heavyweights from China clearly enjoying themselves, have ramifications back in China that will bring tremendous benefit to us. We visited BHP at the Australian Resources Research Centre in Bentley and, again, the imagery that goes back to China is that Western Australia, as well as being rich in resources, is rich in technology, science and innovation, and is at the cutting edge in developing new techniques to improve productivity and capacity scope in the resource industry. That is very good. It is likewise at Rio Tinto Ltd’s HIsmelt plant at Kwinana. Again, the story that gets told in China about these developments in Western Australia is profoundly important. I thought that last night’s dinner, which I touched upon in my brief ministerial statement, was outstandingly enjoyable. I thank all those members in the chamber who attended and contributed to the event. I thought it was a wonderful evening. Again, we cannot underestimate the value that these sorts of functions have for us in the long term. The Chinese place great importance on building up the interpersonal relationships that can be established at functions like that. The fact that they unequivocally enjoyed their experience is extremely beneficial to us. It was a very good evening and I congratulate and thank everybody who took part, particularly the people who organised the event. I had the best part of a two-hour conversation with the President of China, which is an unusual privilege, but it was very good. Like Wen Jiabao, Wu Bangguo and Zeng Peiyan before him, the President was a very easy person to communicate with and was very knowledgeable about Western Australia. He was inquisitive and appreciative of the musicians, particularly the didgeridoo playing by Richard Walley and others. It was very beautiful, and the President reflected upon that. It was a very good evening. The discussion drew out other areas of interest, especially education services, science and technology, and innovation in medical research and biotechnology. Barry Marshall broke protocol by approaching the President, offering him his card and explaining who he was. I was a bit worried about how that would play out with the security forces and that we might lose our Nobel laureate, but far from that, they had a good conversation about what Professor Marshall is engaging in with Chinese scientists and medical researchers. It was very good. The Minister for Tourism would be pleased with the commitment that the President of China gave to investigate and encourage his aviation department to explore direct transport communication links with Western Australia. This piece of the communication link will, once it is in place, open the floodgate of personal-related people movements between our state and China and will take our relationship and opportunities into a completely new dimension. Again, technology is breaking out everywhere. As well as the negotiation about the Channar agreement, this morning Shell and PetroChina signed an agreement for the provision of one million tonnes of liquefied natural gas a year from Gorgon to China. This is a historic development. It makes a very powerful statement about the Gorgon project and the partners and their confidence in the project, as well as about the Chinese. We will be able to go beyond the original agreement to provide LNG to Guangdong, which was first delivered last year. There will be other stages of these agreements. Our LNG trade is about to move to a completely different level. That is extremely important and valuable for Western Australia. I thank the member for Central Kimberley-Pilbara for his ongoing support for the industries in the Pilbara that are pivotal to this relationship. It would be fair to say that I had the feeling last night that Western Australia put on a very good face to China. I thank all those people who participated in the dinner, including those in this chamber, former members, former Premiers, and members of the business and artistic communities.
I thought that last night’s dinner, which I touched upon in my brief ministerial statement, was outstandingly enjoyable. I thank all those members in the chamber who attended and contributed to the event. I thought it was a wonderful evening. Again, we cannot underestimate the value that these sorts of functions have for us in the long term. The Chinese place great importance on building up the interpersonal relationships that can be established at functions like that. The fact that they unequivocally enjoyed their experience is extremely beneficial to us. It was a very good evening and I congratulate and thank everybody who took part, particularly the people who organised the event. I had the best part of a two-hour conversation with the President of China, which is an unusual privilege, but it was very good. Like Wen Jiabao, Wu Bangguo and Zeng Peiyan before him, the President was a very easy person to communicate with and was very knowledgeable about Western Australia. He was inquisitive and appreciative of the musicians, particularly the didgeridoo playing by Richard Walley and others. It was very beautiful, and the President reflected upon that. It was a very good evening. The discussion drew out other areas of interest, especially education services, science and technology, and innovation in medical research and biotechnology. Barry Marshall broke protocol by approaching the President, offering him his card and explaining who he was. I was a bit worried about how that would play out with the security forces and that we might lose our Nobel laureate, but far from that, they had a good conversation about what Professor Marshall is engaging in with Chinese scientists and medical researchers. It was very good. The Minister for Tourism would be pleased with the commitment that the President of China gave to investigate and encourage his aviation department to explore direct transport communication links with Western Australia. This piece of the communication link will, once it is in place, open the floodgate of personal-related people movements between our state and China and will take our relationship and opportunities into a completely new dimension. Again, technology is breaking out everywhere. As well as the negotiation about the Channar agreement, this morning Shell and PetroChina signed an agreement for the provision of one million tonnes of liquefied natural gas a year from Gorgon to China. This is a historic development. It makes a very powerful statement about the Gorgon project and the partners and their confidence in the project, as well as about the Chinese. We will be able to go beyond the original agreement to provide LNG to Guangdong, which was first delivered last year. There will be other stages of these agreements. Our LNG trade is about to move to a completely different level. That is extremely important and valuable for Western Australia. I thank the member for Central Kimberley-Pilbara for his ongoing support for the industries in the Pilbara that are pivotal to this relationship. It would be fair to say that I had the feeling last night that Western Australia put on a very good face to China. I thank all those people who participated in the dinner, including those in this chamber, former members, former Premiers, and members of the business and artistic communities.
I had the best part of a two-hour conversation with the President of China, which is an unusual privilege, but it was very good. Like Wen Jiabao, Wu Bangguo and Zeng Peiyan before him, the President was a very easy person to communicate with and was very knowledgeable about Western Australia. He was inquisitive and appreciative of the musicians, particularly the didgeridoo playing by Richard Walley and others. It was very beautiful, and the President reflected upon that. It was a very good evening. The discussion drew out other areas of interest, especially education services, science and technology, and innovation in medical research and biotechnology. Barry Marshall broke protocol by approaching the President, offering him his card and explaining who he was. I was a bit worried about how that would play out with the security forces and that we might lose our Nobel laureate, but far from that, they had a good conversation about what Professor Marshall is engaging in with Chinese scientists and medical researchers. It was very good. The Minister for Tourism would be pleased with the commitment that the President of China gave to investigate and encourage his aviation department to explore direct transport communication links with Western Australia. This piece of the communication link will, once it is in place, open the floodgate of personal-related people movements between our state and China and will take our relationship and opportunities into a completely new dimension. Again, technology is breaking out everywhere. As well as the negotiation about the Channar agreement, this morning Shell and PetroChina signed an agreement for the provision of one million tonnes of liquefied natural gas a year from Gorgon to China. This is a historic development. It makes a very powerful statement about the Gorgon project and the partners and their confidence in the project, as well as about the Chinese. We will be able to go beyond the original agreement to provide LNG to Guangdong, which was first delivered last year. There will be other stages of these agreements. Our LNG trade is about to move to a completely different level. That is extremely important and valuable for Western Australia. I thank the member for Central Kimberley-Pilbara for his ongoing support for the industries in the Pilbara that are pivotal to this relationship. It would be fair to say that I had the feeling last night that Western Australia put on a very good face to China. I thank all those people who participated in the dinner, including those in this chamber, former members, former Premiers, and members of the business and artistic communities.
The Minister for Tourism would be pleased with the commitment that the President of China gave to investigate and encourage his aviation department to explore direct transport communication links with Western Australia. This piece of the communication link will, once it is in place, open the floodgate of personal-related people movements between our state and China and will take our relationship and opportunities into a completely new dimension. Again, technology is breaking out everywhere. As well as the negotiation about the Channar agreement, this morning Shell and PetroChina signed an agreement for the provision of one million tonnes of liquefied natural gas a year from Gorgon to China. This is a historic development. It makes a very powerful statement about the Gorgon project and the partners and their confidence in the project, as well as about the Chinese. We will be able to go beyond the original agreement to provide LNG to Guangdong, which was first delivered last year. There will be other stages of these agreements. Our LNG trade is about to move to a completely different level. That is extremely important and valuable for Western Australia. I thank the member for Central Kimberley-Pilbara for his ongoing support for the industries in the Pilbara that are pivotal to this relationship. It would be fair to say that I had the feeling last night that Western Australia put on a very good face to China. I thank all those people who participated in the dinner, including those in this chamber, former members, former Premiers, and members of the business and artistic communities.
I thank the member for Central Kimberley-Pilbara for his ongoing support for the industries in the Pilbara that are pivotal to this relationship. It would be fair to say that I had the feeling last night that Western Australia put on a very good face to China. I thank all those people who participated in the dinner, including those in this chamber, former members, former Premiers, and members of the business and artistic communities.
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