{"id":21517,"date":"2018-01-30T15:29:05","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T07:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/?p=21517"},"modified":"2018-01-30T15:29:05","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T07:29:05","slug":"demystifying-chinese-investment-healthcare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/?p=21517","title":{"rendered":"Demystifying Chinese Investment in Healthcare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today KPMG releases it\u2019s report on Chinese investment in Australia healthcare, the most recent addition to their \u2018Demystifying Chinese Investment\u2019 series. Outbound investment from China has always been a contentious issue, primarily due to a lack of clear information. Now with the healthcare sector in China reforming and continued growth expected; KMPG sets out to clear through the myths and cut straight to what it means for the industry and Australia at large.<\/p>\n<p>Having not featured before 2015, Chinese investment in Australia\u2019s healthcare sector has surged over the past 3 years, reaching a total of AUD $5.5 billion across 16 completed deals, according to a new report from KPMG and The University of Sydney Business School \u2013 Demystifying Chinese Investment in Australian Healthcare.<\/p>\n<p>Key findings of the report are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>From 2015 to 2017, Chinese investment in Australia\u2019s healthcare sector totalled AUD $5.5 billion, across 16 major deals<\/li>\n<li>53 percent of the investment was concentrated on Australia\u2019s health supplement sector, 47 percent in the healthcare services sector \u2013 with no major investment as yet in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology or aged care sectors.<\/li>\n<li>New South Wales attracted 49 percent of Chinese healthcare investment between 2015 and 2017, followed by Victoria with 45 percent and Queensland with 6 percent.<\/li>\n<li>80 percent of completed deals (by value) were by Chinese private companies from diverse backgrounds, including hospitals, specialised healthcare providers, pharmaceutical companies, construction companies and private equity.<\/li>\n<li>Chinese investors are attracted to target companies that are exporting or capable of exporting to the Chinese market.<\/li>\n<li>China\u2019s healthcare spending is expected to grow by 8.1 percent annually over the next five years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Below is the media release and the report itself:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/01\/Media-Release-Chinese-Investment-in-Australian-healthcare-soars_Feb-2018-FINAL.pdf\">Media Release<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/01\/Demystifying-Chinese-Investment-in-Australian-Healthcare-LR.pdf\">Demystifying Chinese Investment in Healthcare<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For further inquiries please contact:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Doug Ferguson<br \/>\n<\/strong>KPMG: Partner in Charge, Asia and International Markets<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:dougferguson@kpmg.com.au\">dougferguson@kpmg.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Helen Zhi Dent<br \/>\n<\/strong>KPMG: Partner in Charge, China Business Practice<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:helenzhident@kpmg.com.au\">helenzhident@kpmg.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today KPMG releases it\u2019s report on Chinese investment in Australia healthcare, the most recent addition to their \u2018Demystifying Chinese Investment\u2019 series. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":21520,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[94,93,91],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australia-china-news","category-chamber-partner-news","category-west-china-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21517"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21521,"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21517\/revisions\/21521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}