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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will use a speech in front of China's Premier Li Qiang today to declare that both nations are making progress in rebuilding the relationship while saying Australia will not be "silent" on disputes with Beijing.

Mr Albanese will acknowledge "competing views" between the countries in his speech, but also say Australia and China still have to "work to find shared opportunities".

China has also been pressing Australia to back its entry into the sprawling CP-TPP trade pact and to ease Chinese investment into the strategically important critical mineral sector.

Ben Herscovitch from the Australian National University told the ABC there was little appetite in Canberra for embracing new forms of cooperation with Beijing, particularly in strategically sensitive sectors.

But he said Canberra had still made other concessions to China through inaction: for example by deciding against imposing sanctions on Chinese companies helping Russia's war effort in Ukraine.

"Australia has essentially given a free pass to China on that issue while the US, the UK, the EU and potentially Japan are joining on sanctions on Chinese countries providing material support for the Russian military.

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