During Prime Minister Albanese's visit to China in July 2025, Australia and China signed a Memorandum of Understanding on reviewing ChAFTA. Review provisions are standard, built-in features of many Free Trade Agreements, including ChAFTA.
On 7 November 2026, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) invited submissions from stakeholders to inform the General Review. Submissions closed on 31 March 2026, and the following submissions were received. Contributors have given their consent to be identified and/or for their submissions to be published.
- Ag Force Queensland [PDF 596 KB]
- AustCham China [PDF 168 KB]
- AustCham Shanghai [PDF 5.2 MB]
- AustChina Institute [PDF 1.3 MB]
- Australia-Asia Sustainable Aviation Fuel Alliance [PDF 294 KB]
- Australia China Business Council [PDF 11 MB]
- Australia-China Net Zero Industry Innovation Network [60 KB]
- Australian Alliance for Animals [PDF 179 KB]
- Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) [PDF 524 KB]
- Australian Cotton Shippers Association (ACSA)
- Australian Dairy Industry Council [PDF 201 KB]
- Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network (AFTINET) [PDF 847 KB]
- Australian Forest Products Association [PDF 1.2 MB]
- Australian Grape and Wine [PDF 875 KB]
- Australian Oilseeds Federation [PDF 254 KB]
- Australian Red Meat Livestock Industry
- Australian Studies Centre – Beijing Foreign Studies University [PDF 267 KB]
- Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) [PDF 204 KB]
- Mr Rob Benson [PDF 116 KB]
- Blackmores Group
- Business Council for Sustainable Development (BCSD) [PDF 354 KB]
- Business Council of Australia [PDF 1.2 MB]
- Canegrowers
- Cetacea Carbon [PDF 337 KB]
- ChAFTA Forum [PDF 181 KB]
- China Chamber of Commerce in Australia [PDF 3.8 MB]
- Chinese Medicine Industry Council [PDF 625 KB]
- Croplife [PDF 1.3 MB]
- East Asia Bureau of Economic Research, Australian National University (EABER, ANU) [PDF 88 KB]
- Export Council of Australia [PDF 171 KB]
- Fortescue
- Freight Trade Alliance [PDF 432 KB]
- Grain Trade Australia [PDF 533 KB]
- Grains Australia
- IDP Education
- Zhang Jiahao [PDF 90 KB]
- KPMG [PDF 245 KB]
- Professor James Laurenceson [PDF 73 KB]
- Law Council of Australia [PDF 884 KB]
- Minerals Council of Australia [PDF 4.7 MB]
- Ocean Blue Treasure Pty Ltd [PDF 113 KB]
- Pharmacare Guangzhou
- National Conservative Institute of Australia [PDF 612 KB]
- Northern Territory Indigenous Business Network / National Indigenous Business Chamber Alliance [PDF 4 MB]
- Roberts Gray Lawyers [PDF 470 KB]
- RSPCA Australia [PDF 291 KB]
- Seafood Industry Australia
- Sequoia Financial Group Limited
- South Australian Government
- Summerfruit Australia Limited
- Trade and Investment Queensland (TIQ)
- Treasury Wine Estates
- USCOM Limited [PDF 291 KB]
- UTS Australia-China Relations Institute (Marina Zhang) [PDF 11.3 MB]
- VISY Industries
- Western Australian Government
- Dr. Sze King Timothy Wong [PDF 144 KB]
- Yinghong Zhan