On November18, 2016, the "B&R" and Free Trade Forum, jointly sponsored by HuaQiao University and Australia-Fujian Federation of Industry and Commerce, was held in Sydney. More than 200 scholars, politicians and businessmen from China and Australia attended the forum. Professor Xu Peiyuan, Vice President of the Maritime Silk Road Research Institute of HuaQiao University, delivered a keynote speech on "B&R and FTA". This paper expounds the connotation of the global governance of “B&R” and its basic idea of leading the development of FTA. Chen Chengfeng(School of Economics and Finance, HuaQiao University)made a keynote speech on "China-Australia Free Trade Agreement and the Impact", explaining the breakthrough of "China-Australia FTA" in trade liberalization and investment facilitation under the background of "B&R".
Delegation of Quanzhou Government and Xiamen Government, representatives of the Chinese Consulate in Sydney, and delegation of the Australian Hokkien HuayKuan Association and other important overseas Chinese organizations attended the forum. "Australia Daily" and many other media coverage of the Forum activities.