From 14 to 23 October 2026, a ten-member Asset Management Council delegation led by Chair Wendy McPate held technical exchanges in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Jiaxing, Qingdao and Beijing. The delegation met ten organisations spanning electricity networks, low-altitude aviation, robotics, data centres, water, smart metering and ports, as well as China’s national asset management standards body and a national industry federation. Delegates also visited rail and urban construction projects.
The delegation included CEO Dr Anne Gibbs, Immediate Past National Chair Toby Horstead (WSP), Non-Executive Director Dr Yvonne Power (IMPOWER), New Zealand Chapter Chair Dr Peter Griffiths (KiwiRail Holdings Limited), Sydney Chapter Chair Dylan Buckley (Aurecon), YAMP Chair Shuwen Ling (WSP), Operations Manager Kai Dong, Membership Coordinator Heidi Robinson, and High School Representative Xuanyu Bella Dong.
Discussions with host technical and management teams covered whole-of-life asset management, digital and AI applications, robotic and drone inspection, condition monitoring and predictive maintenance, asset management standards and professional capability. Delegates saw an automated container terminal, water facilities, a data centre campus and a smart meter calibration line. They also saw intelligent construction, building information modelling (BIM) used from design through construction to handover for operations and maintenance, and integrated planning for a new smart city. In Beijing, the delegation met the China National Institute of Standardization on applying the ISO 55000 series, and the China Federation of Industrial Economics on building asset management capability.
“China is moving beyond collecting asset data to actively using it to make decisions, predict problems, optimise operations and improve asset performance,” said Ms McPate. “We saw asset management principles being translated into real operational outcomes.”
“The core questions of asset management are shared, and Australian, New Zealand and Chinese practitioners have a great deal to learn from each other,” said Dr Gibbs. “We thank every host for their openness and generous hospitality.”
The program was organised by Kai Dong, the Council’s Operations Manager and China Liaison and Technical Exchange Lead, who secured and arranged every host visit and coordinated the delegation throughout. The Council thanks him for making the exchange possible.
The Council thanks colleagues at Austrade in Beijing and Shanghai for their help with introductions and arrangements. Insights from the exchange will be shared with members in the coming months.
澳大利亚资产管理委员会代表团赴华开展资产管理技术交流
2026年10月14日至23日，澳大利亚资产管理委员会（Asset Management Council）主席温迪·麦克佩特率代表团一行十人赴华，在广州、深圳、上海、嘉兴、青岛和北京开展资产管理技术交流，走访了电网、低空航空、机器人、数据中心、水务、智能计量、港口等领域的企业，以及资产管理标准化和行业组织等十家机构，并参观了轨道交通和城市建设项目。
代表团成员来自澳大利亚和新西兰资产管理界，包括委员会首席执行官安妮·吉布斯博士、前任全国主席托比·霍斯特德（WSP）、非执行理事伊冯·鲍尔博士（IMPOWER）、新西兰分会主席彼得·格里菲思博士（新西兰铁路控股有限公司）、悉尼分会主席迪伦·巴克利（Aurecon）、青年资产管理从业者网络主席林舒雯（WSP），委员会运营经理董凯、会员事务协调员海蒂·罗宾逊，以及高中生代表董宣妤。
交流期间，代表团与各接待单位的技术和管理团队围绕资产全生命周期管理、数字化与人工智能应用、机器人与无人机巡检、状态监测与预测性维护、资产管理标准化及专业人才培养等议题深入座谈，并实地参观了全自动化集装箱码头、水务设施、数据中心和智能水表生产检定线等，并了解了智能建造、建筑信息模型（BIM）贯穿设计、施工直至移交运维的全过程应用，以及新城综合规划和智慧城市建设实践。在北京，代表团与中国标准化研究院就ISO 55000系列标准在中国和澳新的应用开展了专题交流，并与中国工业经济联合会探讨了资产管理专业能力建设。
麦克佩特主席表示：“中国正在从收集资产数据，迈向主动运用数据做出决策、预判问题、优化运营和提升资产绩效。这次交流让我们看到了资产管理原则如何转化为实实在在的运营成果。”
吉布斯博士表示：“资产管理的核心问题是相通的，澳新与中国同行可以相互学习的地方很多。我们衷心感谢各接待单位的坦诚交流和周到安排。”
此次交流活动由委员会运营经理、中国事务联络与技术交流负责人董凯组织策划。他联络并落实了各接待单位的访问安排，并全程随团协调。委员会对他的付出表示感谢。
委员会感谢澳大利亚贸易投资委员会（Austrade）驻北京和上海的同事在联络和安排访问方面给予的协助。代表团将整理此行的交流成果，与委员会会员分享。