During this session, Peter will discuss:

• The National Foundation for Australia-China Relations’ mandate
• Constructive engagements with China
• Recent projects and business engagement
  
  

Peter Cai
CEO
National Foundation for Australia-China Relations

The Foreign Minister appointed Peter Cai as CEO of the National Foundation for Australia-China Relations (NFACR) on 1 December 2021. Before this, he was a non-resident Fellow at the Lowy Institute for International Policy and a committee member of the Australia-China Business Council (NSW). He was previously Group Chief Advisor in the office of the CEO and General Manager for Strategic Relations at Virgin Australia. He was also a member of Virgin Australia's Executive Committee (2016-2019).

Prior to this, he was a journalist with The Australian, The Age and Sydney Morning Herald, covering business and economic news and was the China editor and columnist at Business Spectator.

Before becoming a journalist, Peter worked at the Australian Treasury in the Foreign Investment Review Board Secretariat, focusing largely on state-owned enterprises and sovereign wealth fund investment policy.

Peter Cai holds a master's degree from Oxford University and an undergraduate degree in International Studies and Asian Studies from The University of Adelaide.

The National Foundation for Australia-China Relations is dedicated to creating a national platform that engages government, business and communities to support and find ways to engage constructively with China, across greater China and to involve our diverse stakeholders and communities.

It aims to strengthen existing ties and build cooperation in areas of shared interest and mutual benefit, consistent with our national interest.

It supports and deepens understanding of China; the value of the bilateral relationship and the extensive people-to-people links that exist between the two countries as well as the rich contribution of Chinese Australians to Australia’s story, and the contribution of Australians to China’s story.