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The Australia-Taiwan Business Council (ATBC) was set up in 1983 by Sir Charles Court, a former Premier of Western Australia, and a group of senior business people with interests in Taiwan. Over the years, it played a strong role in promoting the expansion of business between Australia and Taiwan.
The ATBC is not just another bi-lateral business association. In the absence of diplomatic relations between Australia and Taiwan, the ATBC is a bridge and a channel of communication between the two countries.
Without the ATBC, the reforms in Australia-Taiwan relations and the resulting step-function increases in Australian exports with Taiwan would not have occurred until much later.
Besides working to improve the infrastructure for Australia-Taiwan commerce, the ATBC also does its best to promote the interests of individual members. It can do this effectively because of the outstanding access and influence which its office holders enjoy in Taiwan and because its Taiwan counterpart, the Republic of China-Australia Business Council (ROCABC), can deploy substantial resources for goals which the two Councils share.
The Chairman of the ATBC is Mr Ross Maddock. In Taiwan, on behalf of members of the ATBC, he regularly calls on the senior economic ministers and the captains of industry.
In Australia, the Chairman has regular access to ministers, with whom he frequently discusses the interests of the ATBC and its members.
前西澳省省長Sir Charles Court和一群關心台灣人福祉的資深企業家，於1983年創立了『澳台經貿協會』；多年以來，本協會扮演著促進擴展澳洲和台灣的商業關係之重要角色。
『澳台經貿協會』並不只是一個普通的雙邊協會，在澳洲與台灣缺乏外交關係之際，『澳台經貿協會』是兩國之間的溝通管道及橋樑。
有了『澳台經貿協會』為橋樑，澳洲和台灣的關係，不需很長時間得以革新，澳洲出口至台灣貿易也得以逐步成長。
除了致力於改善澳台商務的基礎建設之外，『澳台經貿協會』也盡心盡力為每個會員爭取利益；我們能夠有效率的做到這點，歸功於我們的高層主管在台灣享有重要的人脈關係及影響力，及與台灣相對應的『中華民國台澳經貿協會』，握有能為達到兩協會共同目標之豐富資源的關係。
『澳台經貿協會』主席 - 馬樂施先生，經常代表本協會的全體會員到台灣拜訪資深經濟官員和產業舵手。
在澳洲，主席與政府部長級官員溝通管道暢通，並經常與他們商討關心『澳台經貿協會』及其會員之利益。 |
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