Recently, Consul General Xinwen Fang, Commercial Counselor Changzheng Bian and other diplomats attended the Australia JiangSu Business Council 10th Anniversary Celebration & Lantern Festival Gala, the Victoria Shandong Chamber of Commerce Spring Festival Celebration, the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce Spring Festival Celebration& Establishment Ceremony of Shanghai Youth Club, the 2025 New Year Yum Cha Networking Function of Hong Kong Australia Business Association Victoria Chapter, etc. Mr. Keith Wolahan MP, Federal Member for Menzies, Hon. Colin Brooks MP, Minister for Industry and Advanced Manufacturing and Minister for Creative Industries of Victoria, Mr. Paul Hamer MP, Mr. John Mullahy MP and Mr. Nicholas Reece, Lord Mayor of the city of Melbourne attended the above events.

Consul General Fang and others extended New Year greetings to Victorian political and business leaders, introduced China's economic development achievements and new results in China-Australia cooperation, and stressed that on the 10th anniversary of the signing of the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement, China and Australia should further strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation, achieve common development, inject more impetus and certainty into the world economy, and contribute more positive forces to world peace and stability.

The participants expressed that the prospects for China-Australia cooperation are broad and they look forward to the continuous development of bilateral relations.