Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Education and Training) Share this | Hansard source

This is an important aspect of the China-Australia free trade agreement: Australians will have improved access to be able to work in China. That is because China is—as we all accept—a much bigger and a much bigger market than Australia, so the opportunities for skilled Australians to be able to access those chances in China are immense.

Specifically, China will provide a guaranteed access to Australian citizens and permanent residents in the following categories: intracorporate transferees for up to three years, including executives, managers and specialists; contractual service suppliers in certain sectors for one year or longer if stipulated under the relevant contract; installers and maintainers for up to 180 days and business visitors for up to 180 days. For the first time in any free trade agreement, China will guarantee equivalent entry and stay for dependents and spouses of Australians granted entry as intracorporate transferees or contractual service suppliers for longer than 12 months. This means— (Time expired)