9 June 2017, 8.30am-6.00pm

8.30am- 9.00am

Coffee & registration
 

9.00am – 9.30am

Welcome & Introduction
The Hon Jaala Pulford MLC, Victorian Minister for Agriculture & Regional Development
Professor Christine Wong, Director, Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies

9.30am – 10.50am

Panel I - The Macro Policy Environment
The long arc of PRC agricultural policies; Professor Huang Jikun (Peking University)
China: Financing agriculture in the 21st Century; Professor Christine Wong (University of Melbourne)
China’s agricultural subsidies; Professor Lin Wanlong (China Agricultural University)

10.50 – 11.15am

Morning tea
 

11.15am – 1.00pm

Panel II - Agrarian Change and Agricultural Restructuring
Agrarian change and new agricultural operators; Associate Professor Qian Forrest Zhang (Singapore Management University)
Demand for Major Agro-food commodities in China: A meta-analysis; Professor Bai Junfei (China Agricultural University)
Trajectories and challenges in China’s beef industry; Dr Scott Waldron (University of Queensland)

1.00pm – 2.00pm

Lunch
 

2.00pm – 3.45pm

Panel III - Trade and Investment
Organic and green food consumption in China; Dr Liu Hongbo (James Cook University)
FDI in Chinese agriculture, the case of Fonterra; Dr Jason Young (Victoria University, NZ)
Changing trend of agricultural trade between China and Australia and the impacts of ChAFTA; Professor Yang Jun (University of International Business and Economics)
Victoria-China Agribusiness Trade and Investment: Opportunities and Challenges; Yang Zhining (Invest Victoria)

3.45pm – 4.15pm

Afternoon tea
 

4.15pm – 4.45pm

Summary and Closing Comments
 

4.45pm-6.00pm

Reception