Meeting China's food demand requires understanding cultural and plitical agendas

摘要

Joining the World Trade Organisation in 2001, China is now Australia's largest trading partner for imports and exports and has recently overtaken Germany -the worlds number one exporter. When it comes to food China is among Australia's top four trading partners. The general trend is for an increasing value of food exports to China/Hoi : Kong and imports from China (see table 1).