2019 Sponsors

The Australian Ambassador to China is honored to be the Patron of the ACAA and support the 2017 Australian Ambassador’s Alumni Award for Women in Leadership. The visibility of female role models and alumni, like the finalists for the Australian Ambassador’s Alumni Award for Women in Leadership, is essential to inspire the next generation of female leaders.

For more information on the Australian Global Alumni Network and Strategy, please visit globalalumni.gov.au or email chinaalumni@dfat.gov.au.

The Australian Trade and Investment Commission – Austrade– is the Australian Government’s trade, investment and education promotion agency. Through a global network of offices,Austradeassists Australian companies to grow their international business, attracts productive foreign direct investment into Australia and promotes Australia’s education sector internationally. Austradedelivers international marketing and promotion services to the Australian education sector. This includes positioning Australian education through the international education brand, Future Unlimited. Future Unlimited highlights the global relevance, practicality and quality of Australian institutions, along with their innovation, creativity and focus on the future.

KINGOLD Group, established in the early 1990s, is a foreign-funded group enterprise approved by the Chinese Government. It is headquartered in Guangzhou, and its core businesses are real estate, hospitality, education, finance, health, and media. It operates in China in the Pearl River Delta, and in Australia in Sydney and Brisbane, and there are plans to expand internationally. The Group employs over 8,000 people.

In recognition of KINGOLD’s growing influence and rising reputation, the Group was awarded the “Star of the 100 Overseas Chinese Enterprises” by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of China’s State Council. The Group’s commitment to corporate social responsibility has been recognized with awards for being the “Most Socially Responsible Company” and one of the “Most Influential Enterprises in Guangdong Province” by the Guangdong Provincial People’s Government.