SA's China, India trade pushers named TRADE and investment facilitators will be paid for short-term, specific jobs as part of a more focused overseas network announced today by the State Government. The "strategic in-country representatives" will be one of three levels at which SA will be represented as the State Government concentrates on increasing business with China and India. The policy, announced by Manufacturing, Innovation and Trade Minister Tom Kenyon, builds on the China and India strategy papers and the Hartley review into trade. "We're giving ourselves as much flexibility as possible," Mr Kenyon said. These will be people with the contacts and standing that we need. We'll pay them to represent us for a specific task or period of time on what we're trying to achieve. They'll be paid a fee for the service. It's a bit novel, it's a move away from the traditional office and representative model. Following the Hartley review, published in April last year, the Government said it would cut back on the state's nine trade offices Shanghai, Jinan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Chennai, Hoi Chi Minh City, Dubai, Santiago and London. Under the new model, the London post headed by Agent-General Bill Muirhead and the Jinan office in Shandong province will remain the same but the other offices will change. Permanent, full-time representatives will be deployed in India and China. The positions will be paid for and recruited by SA but the people will be employed by federal agency Austrade. They will work in Austrade's Shanghai and Mumbai offices. Mr Kenyon said the fate of the Hong Kong post was not finalised. At the third level, SA would rely on Austrade's network spanning more than 50 countries. Mr Kenyon said the narrower focus on China and India would reduce costs for SA. "Once we get that right then we might look elsewhere," he said. Mr Kenyon also announced the members of the two advisory councils established to push the India and China strategies. The councils will be headed by strategic advisers Brian Hayes QC (India) and Norman Waterhouse partner Sean Keenihan (China). The councils bring together members of the Economic Development Board, senior public servants and industry leaders. "The councils are volunteer boards," Mr Kenyon said. They'll come up with work plans we've got the strategies and they'll help decide what we have to do to put them in place. Mr Kenyon expects the boards to present initial reports to him within a few months. India Advisory Council Mr Brian Hayes, Strategic Adviser India (Chair), Mr Raymond Spencer, Chair Economic Development Board Mr Geoff Knight, Chief Executive, DMITRE Mr Don Frater, Executive Director State Development, DPC Mr Paul Sandercock, Executive Director, SMR Automotive (an Indian owned firm operating in South Australia) Mr Andrew Downs, Group Managing Director, Sage Automation (a South Australian owned and operating firm with operations in India) Ms Denise von Wald, Chief Executive, Education Adelaide Ms Rajini Vasan, National Chief Executive Officer, Blind Sporting Council Associate Professor Adrian Vicary, President, AIBC, South Australia, and Acting Pro Vice Chancellor, Education, Arts and Social Sciences, University of South Australia China Advisory Council Mr Sean Keenihan, Strategic Adviser to China (Chair) Mr Kevin Osborn, Member, Economic Development Board Mr Alfred Huang, Business and Cultural Adviser to China Ms Jane Yuile, ANZ Chairman for South Australia Irena Zhang, President, China Town Association Professor Kent Anderson, Pro Vice-Chancellor (International), University of Adelaide Mr Con Tregakis, Chairman of Partners SA, KPMG