Events
BEIJING
- In November, IFAC’s 30th anniversary was celebrated in Beijing. ACCA, CICPA and China Financial and Economic News (CFEN) jointly organised a seminar on 'China’s accounting profession and internationalisation'. The occasion also marked the 10th anniversary of the Accounting World under CFEN. Seven speakers addressed the audience: CICPA secretary general and IFAC board member Dr Chen Yugui; chief of China Financial and Economic News, Sun Guofu; ACCA Council member David Wu; BICPA secretary general, Lv Guoxiang; deputy president of Guanghua School of Management, Beijing University, Prof Lu Zhengfei; finance controller of network business, Motorola (China) and ACCA member Annie Sun; and vice president/CFO of China CMIIC Engineering Corporation, Zhou Yamin. Around 80 people attended the event, including ACCA members, accredited employers, partners and senior managers from local and international accounting firms, representatives from local enterprises, MNCs and universities. CGA-Canada members and staff and CPA Australia staff were also present.
- ACCA and University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations (English for Speakers of Other Languages) jointly launched the International Certificate in Financial English (Cambridge ICFE) at a press conference in March. Over 30 local journalists were present, including CCTV-9 and China Education TV. The press conference was followed by a dinner attended by over 50 representatives from government departments, institutions, employers and tuition providers. Two TV stations and 16 of the 22 newspapers invited covered the event, which generated 27 feature articles and reports.
- A joint seminar with SASAC was held in May at the Shanghai National Accounting Institute. ACCA invited four speakers (a senior ACCA member from CSRC, a professor from the research institute of the Ministry of Finance, and two managers from KPMG). Over 270 financial staff from over 40 centrally supervised state owned enterprises (SOEs) participated in the seminar, including CFOs, senior financial managers and finance staff from big SOEs such as Sinopec, China Tietong Telecom, China Gezhouba Group Corp, China Marine Shipping, and China Aviation Corp. Delegates were surveyed about SOE interest in international accounting qualifications such as ACCA; over 140 questionnaires have been collected and are being analysed to help future cooperation with SASAC and ACCA’s development of training programmes for SOEs.
High-profile speakers and guests at events:
- At the professionalism and ethics forum: Yang Zhiguo, deputy secretary general of CICPA; Martin Foley, partner, PwC; Gao Zhuo, vice-president of China Complant Imp & Exp Co, Ltd; and Meng Yan, dean of the School of Accountancy at CUFE.
- In November, at the IFAC 30th anniversary celebrations: CICPA secretary general and IFAC Board member Dr Chen Yugui; chief of China Financial and Economic News, Sun Guofu; ACCA Council member David Wu; BICPA secretary general Lu Guoxiang; deputy president of Guanghua School of Management, Beijing University, Prof Lu Zhengfei.
GUANGZHOU
High profile speakers and guests at events:
- Bolivia Cheung, partner, KPMG, at the 'Individual income tax and China customs' seminar
- Lawrence Cheung, partner, Deloitte, at the senior member lunch
- Ricky Cheng, director, Horwath Risk Advisory Services Ltd, at the 'Enhancing corporate governance through risk management' seminar
- Daisy Kwan, partner, Deloitte, at the 'Performance through technology' seminar
- Duke Chen, VP, Kingdee International Software Group and Michael Wang, general manager, Right Management Guangzhou at the new member gathering
- Philip Yau, director of Protiviti Shenzhen Office, at the internal audit seminar
- Benny Wu, finance controller, Guangzhou Pepsi Cola Beverage Co, Ltd and Michael Wan, financial controller, Franke (China) Kitchen System Co, Ltd at the affiliate gathering
- Anthony Tyen, ACCA Council member at the 'entrepreneurship and innovation' seminar
- Walter Liu, regional director - South China, Manpower, at the employer forum
- Li Chuxiong, deputy secretary general, GDICPA and Joe Fu, partner, Deloitte at the graduation ceremony.
Guests and speakers at the professionalism and ethics event included:
- Ge Yun, deputy secretary general, GDICPA
- Yang Rusheng and Zhang Shunwen, deputy presidents, SZICPA
- Liu Xuesheng, deputy secretary general, SZICPA
- Alderman David Lewis, Sheriff of the City of London
- Brian Davidson, consul general, British Consulate General Guangzhou
- Sir Paul Judge, chairman of 'City of London - City of Learning' project
- Maxwell Nisner, partner, PwC
- Wu Chen, editorial director, CFO China
- Alderman John Stuttard, Lord Mayor, City of London
- Prof Zhang Weiguo, then chief accountant, director general, Department of International Affairs, China Securities Regulatory Commission, now the first and only IASB member from China
- Jeffrey Qiu, finance controller, BP China
- Maria Lee, partner, KPMG
SHANGHAI
- At the Managing Human Capital Conference, November 2007 the challenges of attracting, keeping and maximising the potential of the best finance professionals were explored. Organised as part of ACCA's 'Managing Human Capital' events, the conference brought together some 120 attendees, mainly CEOs, CFOs and HR directors from a range of sectors to share experience, to discuss best practice and to hear about future developments in the finance sector. Delegates heard from an impressive line-up of influential business leaders, including Paul Zhang, CFO of McDonald’s China; Quin SQ Thong, North Asia director of services of DTZ Debenham Tie Leung; and Michael Snyder, chairman of policy and resources committee of the City of London. The 'Managing Human Capital' event was accredited by Shanghai Municipal Government Pu Dong District as part of its 'Financial Culture Week' campaign.
- Over 130 participants, including ACCA members, affiliates, students, and representatives of ACCA learning partners and Approved Employers, attended the professionalism and ethics conference held by ACCA in Shanghai in October, hearing a presentation from Daniel Leung, regional finance director of DuPont Greater China, and from the Lord Mayor of the City of London.
High profile speakers at events included:
- Alderman Sir John Stuttard, former Lord Mayor, City of London; Daniel Leung (FCCA), regional finance director Greater China, DuPont; Simon Culhane, CEO , Securities and Investment Institute; Wang Jiaxin, President, Nanjing Audit University; and Xie Rong, vice president, Shanghai National Accounting Institute - at the professionalism and ethics event, Shanghai, October.
- Paul Zhang, VP and CFO, McDonald's (China); Michael Snyder, chairman, Policy and Resources Committee, City of London; Quin SQ Thong (FCCA), North Asia director of services, DTZ Debenham Tie Leung; and Michael Song, director, Hewitt Associates Consulting (Shanghai) - at the Managing Human Capital Conference, Shanghai, November.
- Bill Seto and Carrie Tang, tax partners, Ernst & Young at the Approved Employer Gathering.
- Dean Lee (FCCA), planning director, Yum! Restaurant China, at the affiliate consultation.
- Carol Shi, business finance director, AstraZeneca Pharmaceutical, at the ACCA Information Day.
High-profile guests included:
- Emily Chen FCCA, CFO, JP Morgan (China)
- Quincy Au FCCA, financial controller, Cheung Kong (Holdings)
- Kenneth Cheung FCCA, financial controller, Gucci (China)
- Denny Ngai FCCA, VP and CFO, Staples (China)
- Ye Ming ACCA, corporate controller, L’Oreal (China)
- Catherine Lin, VP Human Resources, JP Morgan (China)
- Angela Yan, head of HR, SWATCH GROUP (China)