The third annual meeting of the ACEDP Joint High-level Roundtable (HLRT–3), the premier decision-making body of the program, was held in Beijing on 27 July 2009.  The meeting chaired by Ms Octavia Borthwick, Assistant Director General, Asia Regional Branch, AusAID and Mr Zhang Kening, Commercial Counsellor (Director-General Level), MOFCOM. Delegations from the nine Program Core Partners, members from the Environmental Advisory Team (EAT), program coordination office (PCO), and the managing contractor GHD Pty, along with other relevant external experts participated in the event. Also present were His Excellency Dr Geoff Raby, the Australian Ambassador and representatives from the Australian Embassy in Beijing and the Australian Government Department of Climate Change.