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The (Australia-China Council ) (ACC) is a long-standing institution in the Australia-China bilateral relationship. ACC was established by the Australian Government in 1978 to promote mutual understanding and foster people-to-people relations between Australia and China. ACC combines the cross-sectoral bilateral expertise and advisory capacity of an independent Board appointed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs with the policy-making and management base in the (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade ). ==History== The concept of the Australia-China Council was borne out of discussions in 1975 between Australia's first Ambassador to China, Dr Stephen Fitzgerald and Jocelyn Chey〔Australia--China Council Retrospective Author(s): Jocelyn Chey Source: The Australian Journal of Chinese Affairs, No. 7 (Jan., 1982), pp. 137-140 Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of the College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2158827 Accessed: 02/10/2014〕 who was a Counsellor at the Australian Embassy in Beijing and later became the first head of the Council’s Secretariat. On 11 May 1976, Dr Stephen Fitzgerald, wrote a letter to the then Foreign Affairs Minister, Andrew Peacock. He said: This letter led to the establishment of the Australia-China Council in 1978 by the Orders-In-Council. When Stephen FitzGerald returned to Australia, he convened a working group which presented a report to Andrew Peacock recommending the establishment of an advisory body which would make recommendations to the Minister for Foreign Affairs on the ways to develop and strengthen relations with China and which, under Ministerial supervision, administers funding to support programs which will advance the bilateral relationship. The Council would have an independent board representing, on a rotating basis, all major sectors and stakeholder groups involved in Australia-China relations. The board would be supported by a small secretariat in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The model has proved to be highly successful and effective and was later replicated with other bilateral Foundations, Councils and Institutes in DFAT. This structure has remained largely unchanged to this day. Initially, Sixteen Council members were appointed under the chairmanship of Professor Geoffrey Blainey, former chairman of the Australia Council. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Australia-China Council」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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