1. Promoting Australia Education & Training Services Through Sister Cities Relationship

2. Current Statistics of International Student in Australia  An increase of 7.5% between 1998 and 1999  An increase of 15.6% between 1999 and 2000  An increase of 10.8% between 2000 and 2001  Education is now one of Australia’s major export earners: A$4.12 billion (Australia Bureau of Statistics 2001)

3. Overseas Student Numbers

4. Field of Study (distribution by sector)  Australian university sector:  Offshore: increased from 18.1% in 1999 to 18.5% in 2000  Onshore: rose from 37.4% to 38.6%  ELICOS sector:  increased in 2000 by 25.8% over 1999 to 36,767  Vocational education sector:  Grew by 3.9% in 2000  School education sector:  Declined by 3.8% in 2000, may increase in 2001-2002

5. Number of Overseas Students by Major Sector

6. Major Players in the International Education Market  Australia is a major provider of international education and training services.  Other major players are USA, UK and Canada  In 2000 growth in Australia’s onshore higher education sector (at 19.4%) was stronger than experienced by both the United States and the United Kingdom (which grew by 4.8% and 2.3% respectively).

7. Current Education Links Between Australia and China  The majority of overseas students during 2000 continued to be from Asia (82.6%).  China is likely to be the leading provider of international students to Australia by 2002.

8. Comparison of Student Numbers for Top 10 Source Countries

9. The Benefits of Education Export for Australia  Education is Australia's third largest service export industry after tourism and transportation:  Economical benefits  The impact of cross-cultural skilling  The development of strong interpersonal relations

10. The Focuses of Sister Cities Relationship Programs  Trade, Science & Technology, Culture, Sports and Urban Construction (China Daily 1999)  Education becomes an important part of this relationship in recent exchange programs (China Daily 2001)

11. Benefits of Education Export for Local Government and Community  Increase global awareness  Increase opportunities for local businesses  Increase links between communities

12. Role of ACCCI in Education  Australia Education & Business Training  Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Wuhan, Changsha (2001)  Tianjin, Shijiazhuang (2002)

13. QUESTION The role of sister cities relationship in promoting Australia education and training services?