Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Education and Training) Share this | Hansard source

Within one year of entry into force, China will list on a key Ministry of Education website 77 Australian higher education institutions, adding to the existing 105 education institutions that are enjoying huge numbers of Chinese students who are studying and investing in Australia. Listing these institutions provides Chinese students and employers with quality and fraud assurance, it enables them to assess educational qualifications and, importantly, it gives Chinese students access to those Australian providers. Education ministers have signed an MOU to provide improved higher education qualification recognition and enhanced mobility of students, researchers and academics at school, tertiary and research levels to facilitate student and teacher exchanges. All of this will strengthen the relationship between what is already our largest services export and what is already our largest market, ensuring more dollars, more jobs and more opportunities for Australian education providers well into the future.