Partners

Government Partners

Events NSW

The NSW Government through Events NSW is a proud partner of Sydney's Chinese New Year celebrations for 2009, the Year of the Ox. A rich celebration of our Chinese heritage and the largest celebration of the Lunar New Year outside of Asia, marking the end of Vivacity 09. Kung Hei Fat Choy from Events NSW.

Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority

Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority is delighted to host the Chinese New Year Dragon Boat Races once again at Darling Harbour. Chinese New Year is a jubilant festival for Chinese worldwide and no exception for those in Sydney. We wish everyone a happy and healthy Year of the Ox. www.darlingharbour.com

Major Sponsors

Medibank Private

Medibank Private is proud of our commitment as a major partner of the City of Sydney's Chinese New Year Festival. The festival is an extremely high profile and important cultural event in Sydney, and one of the largest celebrations of Chinese New Year outside of Asia. Medibank Private is committed to servicing the Chinese community's health and travel insurance needs with bi-lingual language staff located at Haymarket, Hurstville, Chatswood, North Ryde, Parramatta and Burwood Retail Centres. www.medibank.com.au

Volkswagen

Volkswagen is proud to be driving the City of Sydney's Chinese New Year Festival once again in 2009 after successful partnerships in 2007 & 2008.

China is a very important market for the Volkswagen Group. Volkswagen opened its first representative office in Beijing in 1985. Since then, Volkswagen has been very active in building up a huge support network in China. The investment was worth it as today, Volkswagen is the most successful car manufacturer in China.

In Australia, for the third consecutive year, we are pleased to be a sponsor of the Chinese New Year celebration in Sydney - being an exciting cultural festival and one of the largest celebrations of Chinese New Year outside Asia. And with our exciting range of Volkswagen passenger and commercial vehicles available now, there are even more reasons to celebrate.

We wish everyone a healthy, happy and prosperous Year of the Ox! Kung Hei Fat Choy (Happy New Year). www.volkswagen.com.au

Sydney's Paddy's Markets

Sydney's Paddy's Markets are Australia's largest traditional retail markets, located in two premier locations, Haymarket and Flemington. Our locations, combined with our ethnically diverse shopper and stall-holder profiles and our Community Relationship Programme reinforces our belief that we represent the best in multicultural Australia, and as such feel honoured we can participate in the celebration of a variety of festivities including Chinese New Year. www.paddysmarkets.com.au

Helen Wong's Tours

Helen Wong's Tours is proud to be a major sponsor of City of Sydney's Chinese New Year Festival. After 21 years of bringing Australian travellers to China, we're delighted to be involved with an event that brings China's rich and colourful tradition to Australians. Kung hei fat choi! Wishing everyone a happy and prosperous Year of the Ox! www.helenwongstours.com

Macau Government Tourist Office

The Macau Government Tourist Office is proud to be a major sponsor of the 2009 City of Sydney's Chinese New Year Festival. We hope that you enjoy this festive time, which celebrates the enormous and diverse contribution the Chinese community makes to Sydneysiders year round. On behalf of the Macau Government Tourist Office, we wish you a happy and healthy Chinese New Year. Kung Hei Fat Choy! www.macautourism.gov.mo

China UnionPay

China UnionPay is delighted to become a proud sponsor of the City of Sydney's Chinese New Year Festival in 2009. As the central part of the Chinese bankcard industry, CUP, underpins the connection and switch among bankcard systems in China. CUP cards are now accepted at merchants and ATMs that are frequently visited by Chinese people in 50 countries and regions across Asian-pacific, Europe, America, Australia and New Zealand. The Chinese New Year is a jubilant festival for Chinese worldwide and no exception for those in Sydney. China UnionPay sincerely wishes you a prosperous Year of the Ox!

Asian Home Gourmet

Asian Home Gourmet is delighted to be a partner of the City of Sydney's Chinese New Year Festival. This festival is a celebration of the richness and diversity of Asian culture in this great city and we are proud to be part of this exciting event for the first time in 2009. We hope you enjoy the festivities and may you have a healthy and prosperous year of the Ox. www.asianhomegourmet.com

Supporting Sponsors

Rémy Martin

Rémy Martin is delighted to continue their support for the City of Sydney, and as the preparations are clearly under-way for the 2009 Chinese New Year Festival, the excitement is building with the event promising to be another 'Celebration' of enormous proportions, and one that we, Rémy Martin are immensely proud to be part of. www.remy.com

Citigate Central Sydney

Citigate Central is proud to be a first time sponsor of the City of Sydney's Chinese New Year celebrations. We are delighted to be involved in such a significant event. We look forward to a long and prosperous association with the festival and we wish everyone a very happy and healthy Year of the Ox.

Lantern sponsor

Bank of China

There is no place in the world like Sydney, a city recognized as one of the most culturally diverse metropolises in the world. Once again this year, Bank of China is pleased to be a sponsor of the City of Sydney's Chinese New Year Festival, bringing joys and delights to the Sydney community in celebration of the most important festival on the Chinese calendar. We wish everyone happiness and joy in the New Year of the Ox! www.bocau.com.au

Media Partners

TVBA

TVB (Australia) has the greatest pleasure to be the media partner of the City of Sydney's Chinese New Year Festival again in 2009. Last year, we exposed the event to over 90,000 viewers across all states of Australia through our TV channels and even brought it back to Hong Kong via our holding company TVB Hong Kong. As one of the most influential ethnic television stations, TVBA is committed to achieving greater exposure within the Australian Chinese community in the Year of the Ox. www.tvb.com.au

TimeOut

"Time Out is delighted to support and celebrate City of Sydney's Chinese New Year festivities in 2009. Hourly, daily, Time Out plugs Sydneysiders into all the city's Chinese heartlands - Ashfield, Hurstville, Eastwood, Campsie, Burwood, Chatswood, Flemington and Haymarket - and celebrates their golden triangles filled with glazed fowl, yum cha palaces, noodle slurperies, karaoke bars, shopping arcades, herbal remedy outlets, art nooks and historic and culture-filled lanes. On behalf of Time Out, we hope this special Year of the Ox holds much eastern promise!"
Angus Fontaine, Editor in Chief, Time Out Sydney Magazine

Charity Partner

Oxfam Australia

Oxfam Australia is working hard to help achieve a fair world without poverty. We believe that people have a right to sustainable livelihoods, access to social services, safety from conflict and disaster and importantly, a right to make decisions about development in their own communities.

Oxfam Australia has enjoyed a very positive and fruitful relationship with the City of Sydney and the Sydney Chinese Community for a number of years and we are please to be able to continue this relationship through the 2009 Chinese New Year Festival. Oxfam Australia has been working in China for more than twenty years. Through our partnership with the Chinese New year Festival we aim to reduce poverty and make a better life for people in the poorest provinces of Southwest China (Yunnan, Guangxi and Guizhou).