Daniel Andrews will fly to Beijing on Monday night for a four-day trip in which he wants to boost the number of Chinese students who come to study in Victoria.
is set to fly to Beijing as he seeks to boost the number of Chinese students studying in Victoria, noting that two-way trade was worth more than $40 billion last year despite COVID-19 shocks.
“China is incredibly important. Our two-way trade in 2022, with all those COVID shocks, was still in excess of $40 billion. This is our largest and most significant trading partner,” he said on Sunday.“We’ve got about 42,000 Chinese students enrolled in Victorian higher education settings – those students are a really significant part of our Victorian economy. Close to $14 billion worth of economic activity can be traced back to our international education sector.
Asked why he was travelling without a media contingent, Mr Andrews said the trip would involve back-to-back meetings without any “picture-friendly” tours or major events.
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