From November 9 to November 10, 2017, the 5^th International Forum on China-Australia Academic Exchanges, sponsored by PKU Institute of State Governance Studies and the Humanities and Social Sciences Institute of the University of New South Wales, Australia, was held in UNSW. "Governance Change: Domestic and International Dimensions" was the theme of the forum. This is the 5^th China-Australia international academic exchange conference held on the basis of the previous four meetings.