ComradeRoo,
They will all be completing courses, the components of which will, when completed, satisfy the all the CAAC requirements for the issue of an MPL. The final part of the course, an airline type aircraft type rating and route training, is conducted in conjunction with the sponsoring airline.
The Australian licensing and rating structure is largely irrelevant. Indeed, the less they have to do with CASA, the better the sponsoring airlines like it.
This is not limited to
PR China, as I understand it there are now courses being conducted here under EASA approvals where the license finally issued will be an EASA MPL issued by the national authority of the sponsoring airline in the EU.
The positive attractiveness of Australia for training is the wide open spaces and good weather, ie; no airspace restrictions, the very significant negatives are CASA and officious bureaucracy in general, and relatively high costs, compared to Canada and the US.
Those high costs are largely brought about by CASA and officious bureaucracy in general.
Tootle pip!!
PS: It would be interesting to see the reaction to the idea of running an FAA Part 142 flying school in Australia, all with N- registered aircraft.