China Executive Briefing

A new initiative of Asia Society Australia in partnership with China Policy

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China Executive Briefing is an initiative of Asia Society Australia and China Policy to provide up-to-date, impartial and accessible analysis of China’s economic policies and trends and their implications for Australia.

Australia’s relationship with China is at one of its lowest points in recent history due to a combination of strategic, political and trade disputes, and the fundamental shifts in China’s growth trajectory. Yet China remains Australia’s largest trading partner, the leading economy in the region and a global technology and innovation leader. While the irritants and fault lines in the bilateral relationship are well known, the shifts and drivers of Chinese economy and their impact on Australia are less understood.

More than ever Australian leaders in business, government and academia need to be informed about policy developments in China to make organisational decisions and manage opportunities and risks.

China Executive Briefing will present quarterly analysis of China’s economic policies and trends in the areas most pertinent to Australia, and executive briefings with leading experts from Australia, China and around the world.

China Policy

China Policy is a globally recognised research and strategic advisory, headquartered in Beijing. The team tracks and maps agendas, people and agencies shaping policy development and execution. Working with public, corporate, and non-profit clients, it builds strategic thinking on policy process and risk. 

China Policy's strength lies in its macro approach, the breadth of its Chinese-language evidence base, and its principals’ decades of first-hand China experience. It delivers nuanced insight into China’s policies and development trajectory now impacting strategic and operational decision-making across the globe.

For more information on China Policy, visit their website here.

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China Executive Briefing is supported by the National Foundation for Australia-China Relations

National Foundation for Australia China Relations

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Convenors

Philipp Ivanov, Chief Executive Officer, Asia Society Australia

Philipp commenced as CEO in January 2015 and is leading Asia Society Australia through a period of growth and transformation.

Philipp is a China specialist. Previously, he was a policy officer and manager of the Australia-China Council at the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Philipp was one of the principal authors of the Australia in the Asian Century White Paper - China Country Strategy. Philipp was also Acting Director and Deputy Director of the Research Institute for Asia and the Pacific at the University of Sydney, advised the University of Sydney on their China strategy and managed La Trobe University's partnerships in the Gulf States, Vietnam and Thailand. 

Philipp spent over 6 years in China working in education and development. He is the recipient of the ‘Rose Award’ by the Shenyang Municipal Government for his contribution to Shenyang City. In 2009 he was also awarded the Australian Government’s Endeavour Executive Fellowship to research China's policies on leadership development at the China National Academy of Education Administration in Beijing. He is the founded of Disruptive Asia - a thought-leadership project examining the impact of Asia's rise on Australia.

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Philippa Jones, Managing Director, China Policy

A regulatory and trade policy specialist, Philippa’s career has taken her deep into bilateral and multilateral trade policy, serving on several occasions as expert witness in agricultural trade disputes.

Setting up China Policy in 2011, she now works with the company’s teams to deliver analysis and advice at the interface of Beijing’s master narratives with trade, economics, scitech, ag, energy… and other key sectors forming China Policy's remit. 

Following undergraduate language immersion in Beijing and Taipei in the late 1970s, Philippa has worked in China-related research and policy analysis for over thirty years. She worked as a senior advisor on China trade issues for the European Commission 2004-09. From 1999-2004 she was responsible for trade policy at the Australian Embassy, Beijing. Prior to her appointment in Beijing, she was an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs in Canberra. 

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