DemystifyingChineseInvestmentinAustraliaApril2016kpmg.com.auThenewnormal:health,happiness,lifestyleandservicesISSN2203-202906/04/20162DemystifyingChineseInvestmentinAustralia|April2016DemystifyingChineseInvestmentinAustralia|April20163AboutourreportsKPMGandTheUniversityofSydneyformedastrategicrelationshiptopublishresearchandinsightsondoingbusinesswithChineseinvestors.OurfirstreportwaslaunchedinSeptember2011andthisistheeleventhDemystifyingChineseInvestmentreportinourseries.ThisreportexaminesChineseinvestmentinAustraliaforthecalendaryear2015.ThecatalystforourreportseriesisthehistoriclackofdetailedfactualinformationaboutthenatureanddistributionofChina’soutbounddirectinvestment(ODI)inAustralia.Withoutthisinformation,thereismisinformationandspeculation.OurreportsseektosettherecordstraightanddebunkthemythsassociatedwithChinese