President Cao Derong met with Mr. Pat O'Shannassy, CEO of Grain Trade Australia; Mr. Richard Simonaitis, CEO of Grains Australia; Ms. Laura McGrath, agriculture counsellor of the Australian Embassy in China; Mr. Martin Ferreyra, trade commissioner & consul (commercial) in Shanghai; Ms. Courtney Draper, executive general manager of Australian Export Grains Innovations Centre; and Mr. Lachlan Evans, trade and market access manager of Grains Australia on March 11. The two sides had in-depth discussions on strengthening Sino-Australian cooperation in grain and oilseed trade.