Complete record of publicly available contact between Canberra and Beijing at the ministerial level and above since January 2020:
- 29 January 2020, Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks via telephone with Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne.
- 23 May 2022, Premier Li Keqiang sends a congratulatory message to newly elected Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
- 11 June 2022, Minister for Defence Richard Marles meets Minister of National Defense Wei Fenghe on the side-lines of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.
- 8 July 2022, Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong meets Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi at the conclusion of the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Bali. (The Chinese government’s readout of this meeting is available in Chinese and English.)
- Circa May-July 2022, Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao sends congratulatory letter to Minister for Trade and Tourism Don Farrell.
- 22 September 2022, Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong meets Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi on the margins of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. (The Chinese government’s readout of this meeting is available in Chinese and English.)
- 8 November 2022, Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi speak via telephone. (The Chinese government’s readout of this meeting is also available in Chinese. The Australian government did not release a formal readout of this meeting.)
- 12 November 2022, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets Premier Li Keqiang on the sidelines of the East Asia Summit in Phnom Penh. (The Chinese government’s readout of this meeting is available in Chinese and English. The Australian government did not release a formal readout of this meeting.)
- 15 November 2022, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 in Bali. (The Chinese government’s readout of this meeting is available in Chinese and English.)
- 22 November 2022, Minister for Defence Richard Marles meets Minister of National Defense Wei Fenghe ahead of the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus in Siem Reap.
Select other non-leader and non-ministerial examples of diplomatic contact between Canberra and Beijing since January 2020 *:
- 14 June 2022, Paul Erickson, National Secretary of the Australian Labor Party, meets Xiao Qian, China’s Ambassador to Australia.
- 30 June 2022, Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng meets Australian Ambassador to China Graham Hugh Fletcher.
- 9 November 2022, Peter Dutton, Opposition Leader, meets Xiao Qian, China’s Ambassador to Australia.
* NB not a complete record of such engagement.
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