Guangdong  Institute for International Strategies (GIIS) and the School of Business of  Guangdong University of Foreign Studies carried out a study on "A  Research Report on the Deepening of Economic and Trade Cooperation Between  Guangdong and Australia", as commissioned by the China Council for the Promotion  of International Trade Guangdong Committee. The research and writing of the  main part is undertaken by the Leadership Empowerment and Organization  Development Research Center (LEO) of the School of Business of Guangdong  University of Foreign Studies.

The  research team is composed of 9 members (including Zeng Chuhong) with Li  Qing,  Secretary-General of the GIIS as the person in charge and Qiu  Weinian, researcher of GIIS, director of LEO and deputy dean of the Business  School as the project director. The research puts forward the new mode of  economic and trade cooperation between Guangdong and Macao and the  establishment of cooperative mechanism of industrial connection basing on the  existing platform and policies.

The  research project started in July of 2015. The research team has held talks  with Consulate of Australia, AustCham South China, Guangdong Chamber of  International Commerce and Australian Guangdong Chamber of Commerce. The  research team drafted research report in September and revised the report in October  with hard work in field research. The report has gained significant written  instructions from Zhao Yufang, Vice Governor of Guangdong Province, Zhu  Xiaodan, Governor of Guangdong Province and Hu Chunhua, the Secretary of  Guangdong Provincial Committee of the CPC.

Brief  Introduction of LEO: The Leadership Empowerment and Organization Development  Research Center (LEO) is set up in December of 2013, basing on the platform  of the School of Business of GDUFS. The center aims to establish a professional  platform of research and service centering on global leadership and Chinese  enterprises’ going global.