❓ Premier Gallop reports on positive developments in trade relations with China, highlighting meetings with President Hu Jintao, growing export volumes, and new agreements in natural gas and iron ore sectors.
AnsweredQoN 1234Legislative Assembly
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Can the Premier advise the House of the latest developments on trade with China? Dr G.I. GALLOP
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I have great pleasure in reporting to the House that last Friday I had the opportunity to meet His Excellency Mr Hu Jintao, President of the People’s Republic of China, and other senior Chinese government officials on their official visit to Australia. It was an honour to meet the new leader of one of the world’s fastest growing economies and to promote the good relationship between Western Australia and China. That relationship is a priority for this Government. I have visited China on three occasions since being elected Premier. On two of those occasions, I visited the very progressive province of Zhejiang, and I congratulate the Government of that province for the work it is doing in promoting the wealth of its people. Western Australia has a significant trade and investment relationship with China. China is Western Australia’s second largest export market, totalling $4.1 billion in exports for 2002-03. Of the total Australian exports to China, 46 per cent come from Western Australia, so when we talk about the relationship between Australia and China, we are really talking about the relationship between Western Australia and China. This relationship goes back to 1987 and the first Chinese investment in the Western Australian iron ore industry. Since then a range of partnerships has developed. The three pillars of the success of the relationship are the political relationship between the Commonwealth of Australia and China, the trust that has been developed between the people of China and the people of Australia and Western Australia, and the complementarity of our economies. China needs our resources, not only to develop its economy, but also to provide a cleaner environment. I refer to China’s desire for natural gas. I am pleased to say that the Government is currently setting up terms of reference for a joint study between the Zhejiang province and Western Australia on the future natural gas needs of that province. Last year we signed the $25 billion liquefied natural gas contract, to deliver natural gas to the Guangdong region. On Friday, along with the Prime Minister and the President of the People’s Republic of China, I witnessed the signing of an agreement to create the $25 million Australia-China Natural Gas Technology Partnership Fund, to further develop energy cooperation between China and Western Australia, and create further jobs and opportunities in Western Australia’s oil and gas sector. Apart from natural gas, other resources will be exported to China. In response to China’s growing demand for iron ore, Western Australia’s producers are seeking to increase their production levels, with various plans that will see the State increase its production capacity from the current 180 million tonnes to 260 million tonnes a year. Proposals have been made for new mines and a number of plans for iron ore processing. Last week the State Government tabled amendments to the Iron Ore (Hope Downs) Agreement Act 1992 Variation Agreement that will facilitate the development of that project. Other exciting news to emerge last Friday was the signing of and agreement between the China National Offshore Oil Corporation Ltd and the Gorgon joint venturers. The signing of that agreement indicates that the approach the Government is adopting to the development of Barrow Island is creating certainty and is allowing the Gorgon joint venturers to seek markets overseas. The Government is very pleased to have set up a good framework for dealing with that issue. There is a window of opportunity for Western Australia in China, and the Government will make sure that it continues the good relationships it has, promoting the people to people, company to company and Government to Government relationships so that the people of Western Australia can win jobs and opportunities in one of the most exciting developments of the twenty-first century: the contribution of the People’s Republic of China to the world economy.
Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: I have great pleasure in reporting to the House that last Friday I had the opportunity to meet His Excellency Mr Hu Jintao, President of the People’s Republic of China, and other senior Chinese government officials on their official visit to Australia. It was an honour to meet the new leader of one of the world’s fastest growing economies and to promote the good relationship between Western Australia and China. That relationship is a priority for this Government. I have visited China on three occasions since being elected Premier. On two of those occasions, I visited the very progressive province of Zhejiang, and I congratulate the Government of that province for the work it is doing in promoting the wealth of its people. Western Australia has a significant trade and investment relationship with China. China is Western Australia’s second largest export market, totalling $4.1 billion in exports for 2002-03. Of the total Australian exports to China, 46 per cent come from Western Australia, so when we talk about the relationship between Australia and China, we are really talking about the relationship between Western Australia and China. This relationship goes back to 1987 and the first Chinese investment in the Western Australian iron ore industry. Since then a range of partnerships has developed. The three pillars of the success of the relationship are the political relationship between the Commonwealth of Australia and China, the trust that has been developed between the people of China and the people of Australia and Western Australia, and the complementarity of our economies. China needs our resources, not only to develop its economy, but also to provide a cleaner environment. I refer to China’s desire for natural gas. I am pleased to say that the Government is currently setting up terms of reference for a joint study between the Zhejiang province and Western Australia on the future natural gas needs of that province. Last year we signed the $25 billion liquefied natural gas contract, to deliver natural gas to the Guangdong region. On Friday, along with the Prime Minister and the President of the People’s Republic of China, I witnessed the signing of an agreement to create the $25 million Australia-China Natural Gas Technology Partnership Fund, to further develop energy cooperation between China and Western Australia, and create further jobs and opportunities in Western Australia’s oil and gas sector. Apart from natural gas, other resources will be exported to China. In response to China’s growing demand for iron ore, Western Australia’s producers are seeking to increase their production levels, with various plans that will see the State increase its production capacity from the current 180 million tonnes to 260 million tonnes a year. Proposals have been made for new mines and a number of plans for iron ore processing. Last week the State Government tabled amendments to the Iron Ore (Hope Downs) Agreement Act 1992 Variation Agreement that will facilitate the development of that project. Other exciting news to emerge last Friday was the signing of and agreement between the China National Offshore Oil Corporation Ltd and the Gorgon joint venturers. The signing of that agreement indicates that the approach the Government is adopting to the development of Barrow Island is creating certainty and is allowing the Gorgon joint venturers to seek markets overseas. The Government is very pleased to have set up a good framework for dealing with that issue. There is a window of opportunity for Western Australia in China, and the Government will make sure that it continues the good relationships it has, promoting the people to people, company to company and Government to Government relationships so that the people of Western Australia can win jobs and opportunities in one of the most exciting developments of the twenty-first century: the contribution of the People’s Republic of China to the world economy.
I have great pleasure in reporting to the House that last Friday I had the opportunity to meet His Excellency Mr Hu Jintao, President of the People’s Republic of China, and other senior Chinese government officials on their official visit to Australia. It was an honour to meet the new leader of one of the world’s fastest growing economies and to promote the good relationship between Western Australia and China. That relationship is a priority for this Government. I have visited China on three occasions since being elected Premier. On two of those occasions, I visited the very progressive province of Zhejiang, and I congratulate the Government of that province for the work it is doing in promoting the wealth of its people. Western Australia has a significant trade and investment relationship with China. China is Western Australia’s second largest export market, totalling $4.1 billion in exports for 2002-03. Of the total Australian exports to China, 46 per cent come from Western Australia, so when we talk about the relationship between Australia and China, we are really talking about the relationship between Western Australia and China. This relationship goes back to 1987 and the first Chinese investment in the Western Australian iron ore industry. Since then a range of partnerships has developed. The three pillars of the success of the relationship are the political relationship between the Commonwealth of Australia and China, the trust that has been developed between the people of China and the people of Australia and Western Australia, and the complementarity of our economies. China needs our resources, not only to develop its economy, but also to provide a cleaner environment. I refer to China’s desire for natural gas. I am pleased to say that the Government is currently setting up terms of reference for a joint study between the Zhejiang province and Western Australia on the future natural gas needs of that province. Last year we signed the $25 billion liquefied natural gas contract, to deliver natural gas to the Guangdong region. On Friday, along with the Prime Minister and the President of the People’s Republic of China, I witnessed the signing of an agreement to create the $25 million Australia-China Natural Gas Technology Partnership Fund, to further develop energy cooperation between China and Western Australia, and create further jobs and opportunities in Western Australia’s oil and gas sector. Apart from natural gas, other resources will be exported to China. In response to China’s growing demand for iron ore, Western Australia’s producers are seeking to increase their production levels, with various plans that will see the State increase its production capacity from the current 180 million tonnes to 260 million tonnes a year. Proposals have been made for new mines and a number of plans for iron ore processing. Last week the State Government tabled amendments to the Iron Ore (Hope Downs) Agreement Act 1992 Variation Agreement that will facilitate the development of that project. Other exciting news to emerge last Friday was the signing of and agreement between the China National Offshore Oil Corporation Ltd and the Gorgon joint venturers. The signing of that agreement indicates that the approach the Government is adopting to the development of Barrow Island is creating certainty and is allowing the Gorgon joint venturers to seek markets overseas. The Government is very pleased to have set up a good framework for dealing with that issue. There is a window of opportunity for Western Australia in China, and the Government will make sure that it continues the good relationships it has, promoting the people to people, company to company and Government to Government relationships so that the people of Western Australia can win jobs and opportunities in one of the most exciting developments of the twenty-first century: the contribution of the People’s Republic of China to the world economy.
Western Australia has a significant trade and investment relationship with China. China is Western Australia’s second largest export market, totalling $4.1 billion in exports for 2002-03. Of the total Australian exports to China, 46 per cent come from Western Australia, so when we talk about the relationship between Australia and China, we are really talking about the relationship between Western Australia and China. This relationship goes back to 1987 and the first Chinese investment in the Western Australian iron ore industry. Since then a range of partnerships has developed. The three pillars of the success of the relationship are the political relationship between the Commonwealth of Australia and China, the trust that has been developed between the people of China and the people of Australia and Western Australia, and the complementarity of our economies. China needs our resources, not only to develop its economy, but also to provide a cleaner environment. I refer to China’s desire for natural gas. I am pleased to say that the Government is currently setting up terms of reference for a joint study between the Zhejiang province and Western Australia on the future natural gas needs of that province. Last year we signed the $25 billion liquefied natural gas contract, to deliver natural gas to the Guangdong region. On Friday, along with the Prime Minister and the President of the People’s Republic of China, I witnessed the signing of an agreement to create the $25 million Australia-China Natural Gas Technology Partnership Fund, to further develop energy cooperation between China and Western Australia, and create further jobs and opportunities in Western Australia’s oil and gas sector. Apart from natural gas, other resources will be exported to China. In response to China’s growing demand for iron ore, Western Australia’s producers are seeking to increase their production levels, with various plans that will see the State increase its production capacity from the current 180 million tonnes to 260 million tonnes a year. Proposals have been made for new mines and a number of plans for iron ore processing. Last week the State Government tabled amendments to the Iron Ore (Hope Downs) Agreement Act 1992 Variation Agreement that will facilitate the development of that project. Other exciting news to emerge last Friday was the signing of and agreement between the China National Offshore Oil Corporation Ltd and the Gorgon joint venturers. The signing of that agreement indicates that the approach the Government is adopting to the development of Barrow Island is creating certainty and is allowing the Gorgon joint venturers to seek markets overseas. The Government is very pleased to have set up a good framework for dealing with that issue. There is a window of opportunity for Western Australia in China, and the Government will make sure that it continues the good relationships it has, promoting the people to people, company to company and Government to Government relationships so that the people of Western Australia can win jobs and opportunities in one of the most exciting developments of the twenty-first century: the contribution of the People’s Republic of China to the world economy.
Apart from natural gas, other resources will be exported to China. In response to China’s growing demand for iron ore, Western Australia’s producers are seeking to increase their production levels, with various plans that will see the State increase its production capacity from the current 180 million tonnes to 260 million tonnes a year. Proposals have been made for new mines and a number of plans for iron ore processing. Last week the State Government tabled amendments to the Iron Ore (Hope Downs) Agreement Act 1992 Variation Agreement that will facilitate the development of that project. Other exciting news to emerge last Friday was the signing of and agreement between the China National Offshore Oil Corporation Ltd and the Gorgon joint venturers. The signing of that agreement indicates that the approach the Government is adopting to the development of Barrow Island is creating certainty and is allowing the Gorgon joint venturers to seek markets overseas. The Government is very pleased to have set up a good framework for dealing with that issue. There is a window of opportunity for Western Australia in China, and the Government will make sure that it continues the good relationships it has, promoting the people to people, company to company and Government to Government relationships so that the people of Western Australia can win jobs and opportunities in one of the most exciting developments of the twenty-first century: the contribution of the People’s Republic of China to the world economy.
There is a window of opportunity for Western Australia in China, and the Government will make sure that it continues the good relationships it has, promoting the people to people, company to company and Government to Government relationships so that the people of Western Australia can win jobs and opportunities in one of the most exciting developments of the twenty-first century: the contribution of the People’s Republic of China to the world economy.
Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: I have great pleasure in reporting to the House that last Friday I had the opportunity to meet His Excellency Mr Hu Jintao, President of the People’s Republic of China, and other senior Chinese government officials on their official visit to Australia. It was an honour to meet the new leader of one of the world’s fastest growing economies and to promote the good relationship between Western Australia and China. That relationship is a priority for this Government. I have visited China on three occasions since being elected Premier. On two of those occasions, I visited the very progressive province of Zhejiang, and I congratulate the Government of that province for the work it is doing in promoting the wealth of its people. Western Australia has a significant trade and investment relationship with China. China is Western Australia’s second largest export market, totalling $4.1 billion in exports for 2002-03. Of the total Australian exports to China, 46 per cent come from Western Australia, so when we talk about the relationship between Australia and China, we are really talking about the relationship between Western Australia and China. This relationship goes back to 1987 and the first Chinese investment in the Western Australian iron ore industry. Since then a range of partnerships has developed. The three pillars of the success of the relationship are the political relationship between the Commonwealth of Australia and China, the trust that has been developed between the people of China and the people of Australia and Western Australia, and the complementarity of our economies. China needs our resources, not only to develop its economy, but also to provide a cleaner environment. I refer to China’s desire for natural gas. I am pleased to say that the Government is currently setting up terms of reference for a joint study between the Zhejiang province and Western Australia on the future natural gas needs of that province. Last year we signed the $25 billion liquefied natural gas contract, to deliver natural gas to the Guangdong region. On Friday, along with the Prime Minister and the President of the People’s Republic of China, I witnessed the signing of an agreement to create the $25 million Australia-China Natural Gas Technology Partnership Fund, to further develop energy cooperation between China and Western Australia, and create further jobs and opportunities in Western Australia’s oil and gas sector. Apart from natural gas, other resources will be exported to China. In response to China’s growing demand for iron ore, Western Australia’s producers are seeking to increase their production levels, with various plans that will see the State increase its production capacity from the current 180 million tonnes to 260 million tonnes a year. Proposals have been made for new mines and a number of plans for iron ore processing. Last week the State Government tabled amendments to the Iron Ore (Hope Downs) Agreement Act 1992 Variation Agreement that will facilitate the development of that project. Other exciting news to emerge last Friday was the signing of and agreement between the China National Offshore Oil Corporation Ltd and the Gorgon joint venturers. The signing of that agreement indicates that the approach the Government is adopting to the development of Barrow Island is creating certainty and is allowing the Gorgon joint venturers to seek markets overseas. The Government is very pleased to have set up a good framework for dealing with that issue. There is a window of opportunity for Western Australia in China, and the Government will make sure that it continues the good relationships it has, promoting the people to people, company to company and Government to Government relationships so that the people of Western Australia can win jobs and opportunities in one of the most exciting developments of the twenty-first century: the contribution of the People’s Republic of China to the world economy.
I have great pleasure in reporting to the House that last Friday I had the opportunity to meet His Excellency Mr Hu Jintao, President of the People’s Republic of China, and other senior Chinese government officials on their official visit to Australia. It was an honour to meet the new leader of one of the world’s fastest growing economies and to promote the good relationship between Western Australia and China. That relationship is a priority for this Government. I have visited China on three occasions since being elected Premier. On two of those occasions, I visited the very progressive province of Zhejiang, and I congratulate the Government of that province for the work it is doing in promoting the wealth of its people. Western Australia has a significant trade and investment relationship with China. China is Western Australia’s second largest export market, totalling $4.1 billion in exports for 2002-03. Of the total Australian exports to China, 46 per cent come from Western Australia, so when we talk about the relationship between Australia and China, we are really talking about the relationship between Western Australia and China. This relationship goes back to 1987 and the first Chinese investment in the Western Australian iron ore industry. Since then a range of partnerships has developed. The three pillars of the success of the relationship are the political relationship between the Commonwealth of Australia and China, the trust that has been developed between the people of China and the people of Australia and Western Australia, and the complementarity of our economies. China needs our resources, not only to develop its economy, but also to provide a cleaner environment. I refer to China’s desire for natural gas. I am pleased to say that the Government is currently setting up terms of reference for a joint study between the Zhejiang province and Western Australia on the future natural gas needs of that province. Last year we signed the $25 billion liquefied natural gas contract, to deliver natural gas to the Guangdong region. On Friday, along with the Prime Minister and the President of the People’s Republic of China, I witnessed the signing of an agreement to create the $25 million Australia-China Natural Gas Technology Partnership Fund, to further develop energy cooperation between China and Western Australia, and create further jobs and opportunities in Western Australia’s oil and gas sector. Apart from natural gas, other resources will be exported to China. In response to China’s growing demand for iron ore, Western Australia’s producers are seeking to increase their production levels, with various plans that will see the State increase its production capacity from the current 180 million tonnes to 260 million tonnes a year. Proposals have been made for new mines and a number of plans for iron ore processing. Last week the State Government tabled amendments to the Iron Ore (Hope Downs) Agreement Act 1992 Variation Agreement that will facilitate the development of that project. Other exciting news to emerge last Friday was the signing of and agreement between the China National Offshore Oil Corporation Ltd and the Gorgon joint venturers. The signing of that agreement indicates that the approach the Government is adopting to the development of Barrow Island is creating certainty and is allowing the Gorgon joint venturers to seek markets overseas. The Government is very pleased to have set up a good framework for dealing with that issue. There is a window of opportunity for Western Australia in China, and the Government will make sure that it continues the good relationships it has, promoting the people to people, company to company and Government to Government relationships so that the people of Western Australia can win jobs and opportunities in one of the most exciting developments of the twenty-first century: the contribution of the People’s Republic of China to the world economy.
Western Australia has a significant trade and investment relationship with China. China is Western Australia’s second largest export market, totalling $4.1 billion in exports for 2002-03. Of the total Australian exports to China, 46 per cent come from Western Australia, so when we talk about the relationship between Australia and China, we are really talking about the relationship between Western Australia and China. This relationship goes back to 1987 and the first Chinese investment in the Western Australian iron ore industry. Since then a range of partnerships has developed. The three pillars of the success of the relationship are the political relationship between the Commonwealth of Australia and China, the trust that has been developed between the people of China and the people of Australia and Western Australia, and the complementarity of our economies. China needs our resources, not only to develop its economy, but also to provide a cleaner environment. I refer to China’s desire for natural gas. I am pleased to say that the Government is currently setting up terms of reference for a joint study between the Zhejiang province and Western Australia on the future natural gas needs of that province. Last year we signed the $25 billion liquefied natural gas contract, to deliver natural gas to the Guangdong region. On Friday, along with the Prime Minister and the President of the People’s Republic of China, I witnessed the signing of an agreement to create the $25 million Australia-China Natural Gas Technology Partnership Fund, to further develop energy cooperation between China and Western Australia, and create further jobs and opportunities in Western Australia’s oil and gas sector. Apart from natural gas, other resources will be exported to China. In response to China’s growing demand for iron ore, Western Australia’s producers are seeking to increase their production levels, with various plans that will see the State increase its production capacity from the current 180 million tonnes to 260 million tonnes a year. Proposals have been made for new mines and a number of plans for iron ore processing. Last week the State Government tabled amendments to the Iron Ore (Hope Downs) Agreement Act 1992 Variation Agreement that will facilitate the development of that project. Other exciting news to emerge last Friday was the signing of and agreement between the China National Offshore Oil Corporation Ltd and the Gorgon joint venturers. The signing of that agreement indicates that the approach the Government is adopting to the development of Barrow Island is creating certainty and is allowing the Gorgon joint venturers to seek markets overseas. The Government is very pleased to have set up a good framework for dealing with that issue. There is a window of opportunity for Western Australia in China, and the Government will make sure that it continues the good relationships it has, promoting the people to people, company to company and Government to Government relationships so that the people of Western Australia can win jobs and opportunities in one of the most exciting developments of the twenty-first century: the contribution of the People’s Republic of China to the world economy.
Apart from natural gas, other resources will be exported to China. In response to China’s growing demand for iron ore, Western Australia’s producers are seeking to increase their production levels, with various plans that will see the State increase its production capacity from the current 180 million tonnes to 260 million tonnes a year. Proposals have been made for new mines and a number of plans for iron ore processing. Last week the State Government tabled amendments to the Iron Ore (Hope Downs) Agreement Act 1992 Variation Agreement that will facilitate the development of that project. Other exciting news to emerge last Friday was the signing of and agreement between the China National Offshore Oil Corporation Ltd and the Gorgon joint venturers. The signing of that agreement indicates that the approach the Government is adopting to the development of Barrow Island is creating certainty and is allowing the Gorgon joint venturers to seek markets overseas. The Government is very pleased to have set up a good framework for dealing with that issue. There is a window of opportunity for Western Australia in China, and the Government will make sure that it continues the good relationships it has, promoting the people to people, company to company and Government to Government relationships so that the people of Western Australia can win jobs and opportunities in one of the most exciting developments of the twenty-first century: the contribution of the People’s Republic of China to the world economy.
There is a window of opportunity for Western Australia in China, and the Government will make sure that it continues the good relationships it has, promoting the people to people, company to company and Government to Government relationships so that the people of Western Australia can win jobs and opportunities in one of the most exciting developments of the twenty-first century: the contribution of the People’s Republic of China to the world economy.
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