Be bold on Asia or miss out, business leaders warned

Jessica Sier, Andrew Tillett, Angela Macdonald-Smith and Peter Ker

Updated Sep 3, 2024 – 6.01pm, first published at 11.54am

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Australian companies have been warned they could miss out on a global investment boom associated with the energy transition if they avoid China because of uncertainty about tensions between Beijing and the West.

Business leaders at The Australian Financial Review Asia Summit on Tuesday were urged to be bolder about investing in China and South-East Asia despite a daunting laundry list of challenges to the international business environment.

Jessica Sier is the North Asia Correspondent for The Australian Financial Review. She is based in Tokyo, Japan. Jessica has previously written on technology, global capital markets and economics.

Andrew Tillett writes on politics, foreign affairs, defence and security from the Canberra press gallery.

Angela Macdonald-Smith writes on the resources industry with a focus on energy, including gas, oil, electricity and renewables.

Peter Ker covers resource companies for The Australian Financial Review, based in Melbourne.