ACAA Welcome Back Receptions 2018
Shanghai
14th March 2018
Sponsor: Australian Consulate-General in Shanghai
The Shanghai session was one day ahead of that in Guangzhou and was held in Sasha’s restaurant. After a brief introduction of the ACAA, Australian Consul Mr John Fowler expressed his warm welcome to all participants. Two of our outstanding alumni, Ms Jackie Hong and Ms Wenny Wu, joined us to share a wealth of extremely useful career development advice. With an intimate crowd, we were able to play two fun rounds of Human Bingo game with eight lucky alumni winning bottles of sparkling wine!
Guangzhou
15th March 2018
Sponsor: Australian Consulate-General in Guangzhou & CPA Austrlia
Following similar arrangements to the Shanghai event, the Guangzhou WBR was held in CPA Australia’s South China office the following day. With a delicious spread of food, nice Australian wine and a great view of the city from 25th floor, the Australian Consul-General Mr Jason Robertson welcomed attendees and the event proceeded with a very relaxing tone. Local alumni Mr George Xia and Ms Lynn Tan joined us to share their experiences about building up a career and answered participants’ questions. After the first lucky draw, we were delighted to see such active interaction among the group during Human Bingo, again leading to 8 lucky winners.
Beijing
22nd March 2018
Sponsor: Australian Embassy in Beijing & CPA Austrlia
The Beijing event was held in the Yan Jing Lane Nubis Hub with close to 50 alumni joining us on Thursday night. Following the warm welcome given by the Counsellor of Public Affairs and Culture, Ms Maree Ringland, the Australia Embassy Beijing’s new China Alumni Engagement Manager, Mr Tony Fu, was introduced and greeted our alumni. Ms Wendy Wang, an UTS alumna, kicked off the sharing session with valuable advice and her experiences as an HR Director, followed by Mr Hanson Li, a UNSW alumnus, with his experience starting his own business and then by Ms Catherine Liu, a Macquarie alumna, who shared her footprints walking down the financial career path. A very lively session of Human Bingo produced four lucky winners. There was a great atmosphere throughout the session that led to a whole pile of new connections between the alumni.
Kunming
24th March 2018
Sponsor: Australian Consulate-General in Chengdu
The last session of the ACAA 2018 Welcome Back Receptions was in Kunming, and was the first time the WBR has visited there. Starting with a brief introduction of ACAA, one of the founding members of Yunnan Chapter, Ms Sophia Lin was appointed as the main Chapter Contact Person. The Deputy Consul-General Mr Tony Walter expressed his warm welcome to the attendees with his delight of visiting Kunming for the first time. Ms Lin was also our guest speaker of our sharing session, at which she shared some key points to a successful career. Four alumni found their bingo combination and won the prize. Once again, there was a definite buzz in the air as attendees met new friends and contacts.
The ACAA has been hosting Welcome Back Receptions in China for the last few years and this is the first time we introduced speed-networking games to encourage an increased level of alumni interaction. We were delighted to see every single attendee join and make efforts to get to know the local alumni community!
Once again, thank you to CPA Australia, the Australian Embassy Beijing and the Australian Consulate Generals in Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu for their support in making these events possible!
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Happy Hour Drinks Guangzhou
23rd March 2018
We held our first Happy Hour Drinks of 2018 at Morton's last Friday, which was a great way to catch up with friends for the first time since Chinese New Year. With an extended happy hour and a live band, we were delighted to see familiar and new faces gathering together for our signature after-work mixer.
Happy Hour Drinks is a regular event, that is hosted by ACAA, AustCham, ACYPI and ACYA. It is open not only to members and the wider Australian-China business community, but is also a great opportunity to build up more friends and connections, all with a stunning view of the Pearl River in the background.
Next month's event will be on the terrace ay Morton's, which has an open air view of the river and more seating for more people! See you there.
