2023年11月3日，中国驻布里斯班总领事阮宗泽在澳大利亚主流媒体《澳人报》纸质版和网络版撰文《中澳关系新黎明》。全文如下：

中澳关系新黎明

近来有澳大利亚舆论担忧中国经济下滑将拖累其经济，而我从这种“担忧”中看到希望：澳大利亚希望中国经济保持强劲增长以便进口其更多产品，助力其经济增长。

这说明中澳经济已经是你中有我、我中有你的共同体。缘于双方的共同努力，当前中澳关系保持发展新势头、进入新阶段。中澳关系不是要回到过去，而是要开辟未来。

中澳都是自由贸易的倡导者、践行者、受益者。尽管世界经济面临诸多挑战，但当前中澳经贸合作生机勃勃。正如澳大利亚舆论所言，澳大利亚的繁荣离不开中国。

2022年中澳贸易突破2000亿美元，对华贸易占澳对外贸易近三分之一。着眼未来，中澳合作共赢的好戏才刚刚开始。

中澳经济高度互补，中国愿与澳大利亚分享经济发展的红利。中国始终支持经济全球化，维护多边贸易体制，坚定不移推进高水平对外开放，经济韧性强。上半年，中国GDP同比增长5.5%，全年有望实现5%左右的增长目标，对世界经济增长贡献率高达三分之一。

中国式现代化将释放更大的市场空间。预计到2035年，中国中等收入群体将从4亿增长至8亿人，其超大规模市场和巨大内需潜力，将为澳大利亚发展提供良机。

例如，第六届中国国际进口博览会将于2023年11月在上海举行，旨在向世界敞开中国市场的大门。中国坚持高水平开放和高质量发展，愿与澳大利亚共同推动建设开放型世界经济。中国申请加入《全面与进步跨太平洋伙伴关系协定》（CPTPP）将是中国制度性开放、让中澳经济合作提质升级的关键一环。

从历史上看，中澳曾领跑亚太地区的多边经贸合作，有力地提升了地区经贸合作水平、促进了地区开放格局的形成。着眼将来，中澳合作将有利于打造亚太地区绿色发展的新增长极。

不仅如此，中澳之间的共同利益已经超越了经贸领域，双方在文化理念和价值观上交流互鉴均有闪光之处。澳大利亚的多元文化主义取得显著成效；而中国“和而不同”思想流传千年，两者均强调相互尊重、开放包容、求同存异。这种思想文化在处理国际关系时同样适用，即不同社会制度、不同发展水平的国家之间完全能够和谐共处。自去年6月就任中国驻布里斯班总领事以来，我通过与昆士兰州各界的交流加深了对多元文化主义的理解和体会。中澳两国人民相互友好比比皆是，令人印象深刻。

亚太地区是包括中国和澳大利亚在内的地区国家的共同家园。然而，亚太地区各国千姿百态、发展水平参差不齐、历史文化多元，既要实现自身发展，又要应对气候变化等全球性挑战。比如南太平洋国家就日益面临海平面上升的严峻威胁。

在大变局、大挑战背景下，我们应该让团结取代分裂、合作取代对抗、包容取代排他，睦邻友好取代以邻为壑。乌克兰危机让欧洲“失去十年”，由此反衬出亚太地区的和平繁荣更值得珍惜。

今年适逢惠特拉姆总理访华50周年，中澳关系站在又一个50年的新起点上。中澳之间没有历史遗留纠纷和重大现实利益冲突，而合作机遇无限。阿尔巴尼斯总理访华正当其时，将赋予中澳全面战略伙伴关系更丰富的内涵，书写中澳关系光明前景的新篇章。（中国驻布里斯班总领事 阮宗泽）

Albanese's China visit heralds new dawn in relations

Recently, there have been concerns in Australian public opinion that China’s economic downturn would depress its economic growth, while I spot the positive side from those “worries”: Australia hopes China’s economy will stay strong so China can import more of its products and fuel its growth.

This shows China and Australia are increasingly becoming a community with shared and closely interlinked economic interests. Thanks to the joint efforts of both sides, China-Australia relations have gained a new momentum and entered a new stage of further development. Our aim is not to review the past of the bilateral relations, but to open up a new future together.

China and Australia are advocates, practitioners and beneficiaries of free trade. Despite the challenges facing the global economy, China-Australia trade and economic co-operation are vibrant. As Australia’s public opinion goes, China is key to Australia’s prosperity.

In 2022, China-Australia trade exceeded $US200bn and accounted for about a third of Australia’s exports. China-Australia win-win co-operation is heading towards a promising future.

The economies of China and Australia are highly complementary, and China is willing to share dividends of its economic development with Australia. The Chinese economy has strong resilience. In the first half of 2023, China’s GDP grew 5.5 per cent year over year and is expected to achieve its 2023 GDP growth target at around 5 per cent, delivering about one-third of global growth this year.

Chinese modernization will expand market potential. It is expected that by 2035, China’s middle-income group will grow from 400 million to 800 million, and the consequent growth in China’s super-large-scale market and huge domestic demand potential will provide good opportunities for Australia’s development.

For example, the sixth China International Import Expo will be held this month in Shanghai, aiming to open the door of the Chinese market to the world. China is committed to high-level opening-up and high-quality development, and stands ready to work with Australia to build an open global economy. China’s application to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for trans-Pacific Partnership will be crucial to China’s institutional opening-up and the upgrading of China-Australia economic co-operation.

Historically, China and Australia have spearheaded the multilateral economic and trade co-operation in the Asia-Pacific region, effectively upgrading the regional economic and trade cooperation and advancing the opening-up across the area. Looking to the future, China-Australia cooperation will contribute to creating a new growth pole for green development in the Asia-Pacific region.

What’s more, China and Australia not only share common interests in the economic and trade field, their exchanges in cultural concepts and values also have highlights. Australia is committed to supporting multiculturalism, while China has also been advocating the idea of “harmony in diversity” for thousands of years. This means both countries emphasize mutual respect, openness, inclusiveness and seeking common ground despite differences. This kind of ideology and culture is also applicable in maintaining international relations, because it calls for countries with different social systems and different levels of development to coexist in harmony. Since my appointment as Chinese consul-general in Brisbane in June last year, my exchanges with various Queensland sectors have deepened my understanding of Australia’s multiculturalism, and I am impressed by the friendship between Chinese and Australian people.

The Asia-Pacific region is our common home. The regional countries are at different development levels, have different histories, cultures and developmental tasks, yet face common global challenges including those brought by climate change. South Pacific island countries, for example, are exposed to much greater risks of rising sea levels.

Against the backdrop of accelerating changes and challenges in the world, all countries should replace division with unity, confrontation with cooperation, exclusion with inclusiveness, and beggar-thy-neighbor approaches with good-neighborliness.Europe has “lost a decade” because of the Ukraine crisis, from which we should learn that peace and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region RE worth cherishing.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Gough Whitlam’s historic visit to China, and we are at the new starting point of another 50 years of relations. There are no disputes left over from history or major conflicts of interests between our countries, and we share unlimited opportunities for co-operation. It is high time for Anthony Albanese to visit China, as it will open up broad prospects for China and Australia’s comprehensive strategic partnership, and write a new chapter of China-Australia relations with a bright future. (Dr Ruan Zongze, Consul-General of People’s Republic of China in Brisbane)