australia-in-the-asian-century-white-paper.pdf

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1、ForewordPredictingthefutureisfraughtwithrisk,butthegreaterriskisinfailingtoplanforourdestiny.Asanation,wefaceachoice:todriftintoourfutureortoactivelyshapeit.ThatiswhyIcommissionedtheAustraliaintheAsianCenturyWhitePaper.Itookacleardecisionthatournation

2、shouldactivelyplanforandshapeournationalfuture.Onlybydoingsocanwerealiseourvisionofbeingalandofincreasedopportunity,prosperityandfairness.Whateverelsethiscenturybrings,itwillbringAsia’srise.ThetransformationoftheAsianregionintotheeconomicpowerhouseoft

3、heworldisnotonlyunstoppable,itisgatheringpace.Inthiscentury,theregioninwhichwelivewillbecomehometomostoftheworld’smiddleclass.Ourregionwillbetheworld’slargestproducerofgoodsandservicesandthelargestconsumerofthem.Historyteachesusthataseconomicweightshi

4、fts,sodoesstrategicweight.ThrivingintheAsiancenturythereforerequiresournationtohaveaclearplantoseizetheeconomicopportunitiesthatwillflowandmanagethestrategicchallengesthatwillarise.Therearealsogreatsocialandculturalbenefitstobehadfrombroadeninganddeep

5、eningourpeople-to-peoplelinksacrosstheregion.OurnationhasbenefitedfromAsia’sappetiteforrawmaterialsandenergy.ThechallengewemustnowaddressishowAustraliacanbenefitfromwhatAsiawillneednext.Australiansdonotcometothesetasksempty-handed.Oureconomyisstrongbe

6、causeoverthepast30yearswehavebeenpreparedtodothethingsthatarenecessarytobuildfortomorrow.Thisapproachhasgivenus21yearsofcontinuouseconomicgrowth.AsanationwepulledtogetherduringtheGlobalFinancialCrisistosuccessfullyavoidrecessionandthelossofhundredsoft

7、housandsofjobs.AsaresultofourcouragetoshapethefutureandourdecisiveactionduringtheGlobalFinancialCrisiswecometothiscenturyofchangewitheconomicstrength.iiGovernmenthasshownthefortitudetoidentifytherightchangesandgetthemdone,inordertogiveusamoreprosperou

8、stomorrow.Wealsohavethebenefitsthatcomefromatrackrecordofengagementwiththenationsofourregion.OurprincipalrelationshipswithChina,India,Indonesia,JapanandtheRepublicofKoreahavestrengthenedinrecentyears.OuralliancewiththeUnitedStatesremainsasstro