-- I know well the strength of this from the many meetings I and my staff have with representatives of Australian scientific and educational institutions visiting China. And the visit earlier this year of the CEO and Board members of Australia's premier science and research institution, the CSIRO, brought home to me the longevity and continuing success of its linkages with key institutions like the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Beyond the questions of education and training, the White Paper makes the obvious point that organisations which will be successful in an Asian century will need staff who have specific knowledge of products and markets in Asia, along with the cultural and language capabilities needed to be active in the region. To that end, the White Paper establishes an objective that one-third of board members of both Commonwealth Government bodies and major publicly-listed companies will have deep experience in and knowledge of Asia. The same metric also is proposed to apply to the Senior Executive Service of the Australian Public Service, of which I am a member. Operating in and connecting to growing markets As a trading nation, Australia recognises -- and has for decades now -- that our prosperity is founded on open markets and free flows of goods, services and capital. We have low tariffs, a relatively open market in services trade and we welcome foreign investment from all over the world. So it is no surprise that the White Paper reiterates those core principles in our approach to