The Government of Australia (GOA) and the Government of the People’s Republic of China (GOPRC) jointly own the ACEDP. Their joint ownership is prescribed in three legally binding inter-governmental agreements that constitute the legal basis for the ACEDP:
· 1981 Agreement on a Program of Technical Co-operation for Development between the Government of Australia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China, or in short, the‘TC Agreement’.
· 1987 Exchange of Notes Constituting an Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China to amend Article 3 of the Agreement on a Program of Technical Co-operation for Development of 2 October 1981, or in short, the ‘TC Revision’.
· 2006 Memorandum of Understanding Relating to the Australia China Environment Development Program under the Program of Technical Co-operation for Development between the Government of Australia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China’, or, in short, the ‘ACEDP MOU’.
• Intergovernmental Agreements Governing the ACEDP 