AccessChina'16 welcomes Assistant Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Keith Pitt to speak in Shanghai

Assistant Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Hon Keith Pitt MP will deliver the keynote address at the opening of the AccessChina’16 conference as a guest of Toowoomba and Surat Basin Enterprise.

The full day AccessChina’16 conference will be held at the Hyatt on the Bund in Shanghai on Monday.

He will join Minister for State Development, Natural Resources and Mines Dr Anthony Lynham as well as Austcham Shanghai chairman and Elders China CEO Craig Aldous, Zhongfu Group chairman Wu Puingai and Food Leaders Australia CEO Dr Ben Lyons.

Mr Pitt will meet the delegates in Shanghai.

“I am pleased to be supporting AccessChina’16 and Australian businesses looking to deepen their partnerships in China,” Mr Pitt said.

“As Australia’s top agriculture, forestry and fisheries export market with exports valued at $11 billion in 2015, China is key to the future success of Australian agriculture.

“Southern Queensland is well placed to provide the fresh, tasty and safe produce that Chinese consumers are increasingly demanding.”

Minister Lynham will be involved throughout the one-day conference during the Energy and Resources session.

Toowoomba and Surat Basin Enterprise AccessChina'16 project leader Dr Ben Lyons said the presence of Minister Lynham and MP Pitt at the conference as speakers injected further value to what AccessChina’16 would deliver to the delegates.