Sydney | A Chinese government adviser has urged the Morrison government to try and repair ties with Beijing by expressing interest in President Xi Jinping's new five-year economic plan and offering to send ministers to Beijing as a sign of goodwill.

Mei Xinyu, a research fellow at the Ministry of Commerce’s Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation, warned Beijing would take further "countermeasures" against Australia if it continued to take a "hostile" approach towards China.