On September 17, Ambassador Liu Jinsong paid a courtesy call on the Hon Milton Dick MP, Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives. Speaker Dick first congratulated on Ambassador Liu's assumption of his office. He expressed sincere condolences on behalf of the Australian Parliament to the Chinese side over the mudslide in Gyirong, Xizang, China. During the talk, Speaker Dick outlined his upcoming visit to China, noting that the legislative bodies of Australia and China maintain a good trend of communication and cooperation, and he would enhance understanding and cooperation through the visit. 

Ambassador Liu said the Chinese side attaches great importance to the Speaker's visit and believed that the visit would promote exchanges and cooperation between the legislative bodies of the two countries, and continuously enrich the connotation of the China-Australia comprehensive strategic partnership. Ambassador Liu also briefed on China's whole-process people's democracy and the ongoing county and township people's congress elections in China. The two sides discussed several specific issues in a friendly atmosphere, including the good performance of China's new energy vehicles and the prospect of bilateral green economy cooperation, the design concepts of the national flags of the two countries and an upcoming exhibition of the Terracotta Warriors at the National Museum of Australia.