China-Australia Business Hub

Connecting Continents, Building Business: The Australia-China Gateway

Our Mission

Our mission is to serve as the premier gateway for China-Australia trade, fostering economic cooperation and cultural exchange. We empower businesses to thrive in both markets by providing world-class facilities, comprehensive support services, and unparalleled networking opportunities, driving sustainable growth and mutual prosperity.

China-Australia economic and trade situation continues to improve

*China and Australia are natural partners with unique resource endowments, highly complementary economic structures and huge potential for cooperation.

*China remains Australia's top trading partner, export market and source of imports for 15 consecutive years.

*Total China-Australia trade hits record high of over A$300 billion in 2023, up 8.2 % year-on-year.

*In May this year, Chinese Premier Li Qiang's annual meeting with Australian Prime Minister Albanese reached a series of economic and trade cooperation outcomes, heralding the steady development of bilateral economic and trade cooperation.

About Melbourne

  • Australia’s second largest city, the capital of Victoria, a world-renowned tourist city and a cosmopolitan metropolis
  • One of the world’s most liveable cities, and Australia’s cultural capital

"China-Australia Business Hub" - World Trade Centre Melbourne, Level A

The World Trade Centre is located in Melbourne’s CBD on the banks of the Yarra River, across from the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center.

Access corridor linking Southbank and Docklands

Historic business location with excellent opportunities for companies seeking to grow in China-Australia trade activities

 

  • Strategic cooperation platform: Promoting networking, cooperation and participation in mutually beneficial trade activities
  • Business ecosystem: covering government agencies, industry associations, supply chain, professional service providers, customers, potential investors
  • Professional service support: from company establishment, product import and export procedures, warehousing and logistics, product display, promotion and marketing to legal regulatory compliance, assisting companies to cope with/deal with the complexity of international trade affairs
  • Diversified networking opportunities: facilitate networking between companies and potential partners, customers, industry associations, government agencies and investors

Tailor-made services and one-stop solutions

One-stop service halls with connectivity and collaboration for easy cross-border trading

  • Customized product display space
  • Modern office space for all types of office needs
  • Meeting rooms and space for organizing events
  • Product Live Lounge and Marketing Promotion Services
  • Import and export customs clearance and declaration services
  • Warehouse Logistics Solutions
  • Organization of meetings and periodic symposiums
  • Professional services such as legal, accounting, tax and translation services
  • Market research and business intelligence services
  • Networking opportunities with industry experts
  • Business Incubation, Trade Finance Support Program
  • Australian Business Culture Training Program

Advantages of setting up a company in the China-Australia Commodities Exhibition Center

*Regulatory Process Optimization: Streamlining the Process of Doing Trade in Australia

*Chinese investment docking: multilingual professionals provide services, communication and business operations unimpeded

*Assisting with cultural adaptation: providing training and support in Australian business culture, bridging cultural and language differences

*Chinese enterprise background: strong shareholders, professional management and operation, meticulous service concepts, escort for trading enterprises.

Businesses that have successfully sailed to Australia/Melbourne:

Appliance Industry:

  • Haier: Overseas revenues in the Australian market have grown five-fold in the past four years, and its offshore business gross margin reached 25% in 2019.
  • Bear Electric (小熊电器): Guangdong Bear Electric Co. Ltd. saw overseas orders grow by more than 180 percent year-on-year in the first nine months, and its products, including meat grinders, egg beaters and humidifiers, performed well in the Australian market. Its sales revenue rose about 25 percent year-on-year.

Clothing industry:

  • Shein: a Chinese online fast-fashion retailer with significant success in the Australian market. total revenue of $32.5 billion in 2023, up 43%from $22.7 billion in 2022

Furniture industry:

  • Guangdong Zhongheng United Furniture Industry Co., Ltd.: a major exporter of sofas and home furniture. Its products are exported to countries including Australia, with an annual export value of 30 to 40 million dollars.
  • Foshan Sunsgoods Furniture Co., Ltd.: Products include leather sofas, fabric sofas, massage chairs, etc., with an annual export value of more than 9 million dollars, 90% of which are exported to Australia, Europe and other places.

Real estate building materials industry:

  • (BBMG): BBMG excels in cement and modern building materials, with a portfolio that includes furniture, wall and insulation materials, decorative and accessory materials. The company has a cement production capacity of 170 million tons per year and is expanding its presence in several markets, including Australia .

What Clients Say About Us

“I can recommend UDM highly enough. They took my ideas and made them even better, and had all sorts of suggestions for details I would never have thought of, which made all the difference to the end result. The team totally got what I wanted and always managed to find just the right piece or the right style.”

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