Every year since its inception over 12 years ago AILETS has had a central role in Australia China judicial and legal professional exchange. Since 1997 AILETS has successfully run the Sino Australian Judicial Forum. The two 2006 AILETS Forums were headed by the Chief Judge of the NSW District Court, Justice Blanch, and the Senior Queensland Judges respectively, Justice Byrne and Justice Trafford-Walker, as was the case in 2008. In 2009 there was a professional exchange with NSW District Court Judges visiting China, and then in 2010 a group of judges from Tianjin in China visited by Australia & New Zealand. AILETS has also organised numerous Shanghai, Beijing, Sichuan & Shanxi People’s High Court Judicial professional exchange visits to Australia, New Zealand & Fiji. These have included a conference attended by chief and deputy chief prosecutors of 28 different provinces organised in conjunction with the National Prosecutors Academy. AILETS has cooperated with the Shanghai High Court in the organisation of the 3rd Asia Pacific Courts Conference in Shanghai. 2010 Tianjin Judicial Delegation (China Inbound) 2009 Sino-Australia Law Forum - District Court of NSW Delegation (China Outbound) 2008 Sino-Australia Law Forum - District Court of QLD Delegation (China Outbound) 2007 Shanxi Province Prosecutors Delegation Sichuan Province Judicial Court Delegation Sino-Australia Law Forum - District Court of NSW Delegation (China Outbound) 2006 Beijing Judicial Delegation headed by Zhai Jin Ming Sino-Australia Law Forum - District Court of QLD Delegation (China Outbound) Sino-Australia Law Forum - District Court of NSW Delegation (China Outbound) 2005 Beijing Judges Judicial Delegation headed by Wang Zhen Qing - October Shanxi Province People’s High Court Judicial Delegation Beijing People’s High Court Judicial Delegation - July 2004 Beijing Prosecutors Delegation Sichuan People’s High Court Judicial Delegation Hebei Province Delegation Beijing People’s High Court Tech Group Beijing People’s High Court Environmental Shanxi People’s High Court Judicial Delegation Jiangsu Solicitors Master’s Group