CACCI Director-General Mr. David Hsu and other CACCI Secretariat executives on September 21, 2022 called on Ms. Jenny Bloomfield, Australia’s Representative in Taiwan, and her colleagues Mr. Brent Moore, Deputy Representative and Senior Trade & Investment Commissioner, and Mr. Dan Bowman, Executive Director, Economic and Policy Section.

During the visit, Mr. Hsu briefed Mr. Bloomfield about CACCI and the participation of Australian businessmen in its activities through the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI). They also took the opportunity to inform Ms. Bloomfield of the upcoming 38th CACCI Conference to be held on November 28-29, 2022 in Melbourne, Australia with the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry as the host organization. They told her that CACCI members who plan to join the Melbourne Conference – especially members of the CACCI Young Entrepreneurs Group of Asia Pacific (YEGAP) – have expressed interest to meet Australian young entrepreneurs and relevant local government officials and visit Australian companies., including start-ups and those involved in innovative industries.  The CACCI officers also introduced to her the CACCI study on “Rebuilding the World Trading System” and presented her a copy of the study.

In response, Ms. Bloomfield offered the assistance of her office in setting up meetings of interested CACCI officers and members with Australian businessmen, business organizations, or government officials while they are in Melbourne for the Conference. She pointed out that Australia is a reliable supplier of energy and resources not only to Twain but other Asian countries as well, and that Australian interests with many Asian countries intersect across many areas such as education and vocational skills, energy innovation and investment, biotechnology, and smart cities, among others.