A joint research project on "Global Governance and Youth Participation" was launched in Sydney on Friday to build a bridge for academic exchanges and mutual learning between Chinese and Australian youths.

The project was launched during the Australia-China Youth Dialogue for Mutual Learning, which attracted about 80 people, including Chinese and Australian experts, scholars and youth representatives from universities.

The dialogue was hosted by the China International Communications Group (CICG) and organized by the Academy of Contemporary China and World Studies (ACCWS).

The event aimed to encourage and promote Chinese and Australian young people to participate in global governance, solve development problems, inject new vitality into friendship between the two countries, and contribute new perspectives and wisdom of young people to global governance.

The participants said that China-Australia exchanges were based on people-to-people exchanges, and young people hold the key for the future.

At present, China-Australia relations are on the right track of steady improvement and development, they said, adding that bright prospects for the development of China-Australia relations have provided huge opportunities for young people of both countries.

The participants expressed hope that young people of China and Australia could serve as ambassadors and builders of friendly bilateral relations, enhance mutual understanding and trust, and strengthen cooperation, thus working for common development and prosperity.