We are pleased to announce that the 16th edition of the Global Rubber Conference (GRC2020) is scheduled to be held at Grand Mercure Fortune Bangkok, Thailand from 05th – 07th August 2020.

Agriculture, Food and Horticulture are key sectors throughout Southeast Asia, accounting for a substantial share of the region’s GDP and employing an important part of the workforce. With the increasing populations, climate change, rising level of urbanisation and workforce challenges due to rural depopulation in most of the ASEAN countries, there is an urgent need for innovative solutions for the agriculture sector.

As urban populations continue to expand and citizens’ expectations grow, the development of smart cities – enabled, powered and integrated by digital technologies – is set to be one of the crowning achievements of societies worldwide in the 21st century.

The CARI2020 will take place on October 29-30 at Kunming, Yunnan, China, meeting language is Chinese. Based on successful completion of the previous five summits, the coming closed-door summit will gather more than 100 experts from rail transit operators, equipment/system service providers, material suppliers, engineering contractors, research institutions, associations, colleges, consulting, certification... etc. To discuss the new technologies, new challenges, and new opportunities brought by the "New Infrastructure", the regional limitations and risk control in the cooperation of the Belt and Road international rail projects!

In recent years, China-Australia relations has been getting worse, how will China-Australia investment and trade go? This issue brings together with two senior Australian lawyers to share their views.