Anthony Albanese meets with China's Premier Li Qiang at Parliament House to discuss the countries' partnership. Prime Minister Albanese delivers a speech on the mutual agreements between China and Australia.
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00:00Premier Li is the first Chinese Premier to visit Australia since 2017.
00:07His visit is a substantial one, taking in three cities and touching on issues right across our relationship.
00:15Australia and China have renewed and revitalised our engagement.
00:19We have agreed across a range of MOUs and arrangements today
00:23that will continue to shape and drive our practical cooperation
00:28as we continue the process of stabilising the relationship.
00:33We have agreed an MOU on education and research,
00:36building on a long shared history in this area, including through exchange of students.
00:43We have also agreed on several arrangements to deepen our economic, trade and investment relationship
00:50through dialogue on economic issues and work under our free trade agreement.
00:55And we committed to deepening our cultural links.
00:58Trade supports one in four Australian jobs,
01:02and China remains, overwhelmingly, Australia's largest trading partner.
01:09Australian farmers, miners and exporters are already seeing the benefits
01:15from the removal of trade impediments, benefits that flow throughout our economy.
01:21Chinese consumers too are benefiting from being able to buy our high quality exports.
01:27Trade between our two nations will continue to help Australian businesses grow.