11月21日上午，我校举行第二届WZBC温商论坛国际研讨会。本次论坛以“中国民营经济与温商走出去”为主题，罗马尼亚前总理阿德里安·讷斯塔塞、英国前商务大臣文斯·凯布尔等海内外300多位专家学者、民办财经院校校长齐聚我校，围绕“高水平对外开放，助力民企走出去”“释放民营经济活力，高质量共建‘一带一路’”等话题，为推动中国民营经济和温州民营经济高质量发展、推进温商精神传承创新建言献策。论坛期间，澳大利亚中国工商业委员会董事、丝绸之路国际商会澳大利亚代表戴若·顾比在接受《环球时报》采访时表示，澳大利亚企业愿意继续并扩大对华出口，澳大利亚总理安东尼·阿尔巴尼斯最近访华后，澳大利亚企业的经营状况正在改善。以下是报道具体内容：

Australian businesses are willing to continue and expand their exports to China, and the businesses are  experiencing improving conditions after Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's recent visit in China, Daryl Guppy, once a board member of the Australia China Business Council, told the Global Times on Tuesday.

Guppy made the remarks at the sideline of the 2th WZBC Wenzhou Entrepreneurs Forum held by Wenzhou Business College in Wenzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province. 

"What impresses me most is their willingness to work together to develop better products and to deliver better services to China, when I am communicating with those Australian business community," he said.

Earlier this month, Albanese paid a visit to China, the first tour by an Australian leader in seven years. Albanese also attended the 6th China International Import Expo in Shanghai. The visit comes at a time when icy relations between the two countries are gradually thawing.

China is Australia's most important trading partner, accounting for over 25 percent of Australia's exports, more than the next three trade partners - the US, South Korea and Japan - combined, and one-quarter of the country's jobs depend on trade, said Albanese during his visit to China.

Albanese said the two sides should respect each other, be equal and benefit each other, stay in communication, enhance understanding and cooperation, and achieve win-win results. He said the Chinese people have the right to development, and he is always optimistic about China's economy, according to the Xinhua News Agency on November 7.

When asked which areas do the two countries share room and possibilities to further explore cooperation, Guppy said the nature of the trade between Australia and China is unlikely to change.

The bulk commodities such as iron ore and grain are the major commodities for Australian exports to China, and China's appetite for high quality healthy products like  honey will rise, as well as tourism and people to people exchange after the improved understanding between the two countries, he said.

There is the complementarity between China and Australia in the economic and trade field, he said. 

China resumed imports of Australian barley in October, with the amount reaching 313,700 tons, or worth $88.4 million, according to data released by the General Administration of Customs (GAC) on Monday.

This is the first shipment of barley imported from Australia in more than three years after China imposed anti-dumping and anti-subsidy tariffs on Australian barley and ended the measures on August 5. Analysts said that the barley imports can be seen as an important symbol of the recovery of China-Australia trade relations.

China's October imports from Australia rose 12 percent from a year earlier to $11.96 billion, according to GAC, up from the 4.9 percent increase in September.

"The thawing relationship between China and the Australia will improve the trade relationship and I believe there will be a smooth way forward," Guppy said. 

（环球时报英文版2023年11月22日）