Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong arrived in Beijing on December 21, 2022, and no sooner had she landed in the city than she posted on her personal Twitter account, “We have much to discuss.”
Wong made a two-day visit at the invitation of Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and participated in the Sixth China-Australia Foreign and Strategic Dialogue.
According to the joint statement issued after the dialogue in Beijing, the two sides agreed to maintain high-level engagement, and to commence or restart their dialogue in areas including bilateral relations, trade and economic issues, consular affairs, climate change, defense and regional and international issues.
They also agreed to support people-to-people exchanges, including the 1.5 Track High-Level Dialogue, the China-Australia CEO Roundtable and visits by bilateral business delegations.
This was the first trip to China by
