APRA

Australian Prudential Regulation Authority

ASIC

Australian Securities and Investments Commission

BOC

Bank of China

CBC

Central Bank of Taiwan

CBRC

China Banking Regulatory Commission

CDB

China Development Bank

CIRC

China Insurance Regulatory Commission

CLERP

Corporate Law Economic Reform Program

CNAPS

China National Advance Payments System

CSRC

China Securities Regulatory Commission

FDI

Foreign direct investment

FIRB

Foreign Investment Review Board

FTA

Free trade agreement

GDP

Gross domestic product

GFC

Global financial crisis

ICRO

International and Community Relations Office

IPO

Initial public offering

MOFCOM

Ministry of Commerce (China)

NAB

National Australia Bank

NPC

National People's Congress

PBOC

People's Bank of China

PJC

Parliamentary Joint Committee

QDII

Qualified Domestic Institutional Investor

QFII

Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor

RBA

Reserve Bank of Australia

REIT

Real estate investment trust

RMB

Renminbi

SAFE

State Administration of Foreign Exchange

SMEs

Small- and medium-sized enterprises

SOEs

State-owned enterprises