The Australia-China Youth Association (ACYA) is an international non-governmental organisation that aims to strengthen ties between young people in Australia and China through bilateral initiatives in the areas of careers, education, and people-to-people links.
[2][3][4] ACYA's major sponsor is the National Foundation for Australia-China Relations of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia).
[6] ACYA's signature event is the annual Australia-China Emerging Leaders Summit (ACELS),[7] which brings together ACYA leaders from across Australia and China for intensive workshops on leadership in the Australia-China space, and has been hailed by Xinhua as "fortifying the fortunes and feelings of the two key trading partners...while also ensuring the tidal ebbs and flows of politics and power plays in no way hinder the growing ties between Chinese and Australian youths.
"[8] ACELS has grown to become the largest bilateral forum connecting youth from Australia and China and has received endorsement from high-level industry leaders and government officials.
[11][12] This competition involves ″teams of 2-4 working to solve a business challenge based on very a topical issue impacting on the Australia-China bilateral space, and more broadly across global stage″.