UTS:ACRI roundtable with FES delegation

On March 19 2026, the Australia-China Relations Institute at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS:ACRI) welcomed a delegation led by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), comprising regional experts from German and New Zealand think tanks and academic institutions, for a roundtable discussion in Sydney comparing perspectives on policy settings relating to the People's Republic of China (PRC).

 
Australia-based participants in the roundtable included:

• Professor James Laurenceson, Director, UTS:ACRI 
• Elena Collinson, Manager, Research Analysis, UTS:ACRI 
• Professor Xunpeng Shi, Research Principal, UTS:ACRI 
• Associate Professor Marina Zhang, A/Prof - Research, UTS:ACRI 
• Dr Lai-Ha Chan, Senior Lecturer, Social and Political Sciences Program, UTS
• Professor Jocelyn Chey, former Australian Consul-General to Hong Kong
• Associate Professor Minglu Chen, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Sydney
• Professor Hans Hendrischke, Professor of Chinese Business and Management, University of Sydney Business School
• Dr Wei Li, Senior Lecturer in International Business, University of Sydney Business School