After years of closed borders, Australian business leaders will return to China in force this weekend despite diplomatic tensions.
| Some of Australia’s biggest names in business are powering up the corporate jets and dusting off the burner phones this weekend as they prepare to return to China for the first time in years.
Australian CEOs heading to China this weekend: Fortescue Metals’ Andrew Forrest, BHP’s Mike Henry, Rio Tinto’s Jakob Stausholm and Treasury Wine Estates’ Tim Ford.is the first major business event taking place in China since borders reopened after three years of isolation. The event is a symbol of Beijing’s eagerness to re-engage with global business when its relations with Western governments are at an all-time low.
This does not worry Dr Forrest, whose enthusiastic support for the business relationship with China earned him sharp criticism from critics of Mr Xi’s regime.he told The Australian Financial Review Business Summit earlier this month. Other Australian business chiefs, including Treasury Wine Estates chief Tim Ford and Australia China Business Council president David Olsson will also attend Boao. Thefrom the large delegations led by Australian prime ministers in previous years.
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