香港会计师公会与中国注册会计师协会举办QP奖学金项目

根据香港会计师公会与中国注册会计师协会于2007年10月29日签署的香港会计师公会/中国注册会计师协会注册会计师专业资格课程奖学金项目备忘录,日前香港会计师公会为参加2008年度专业资格课程(QP)考试的中注协会员发放奖学金,共5个名额。符合条件的中国注册会计师协会会员均可报名。奖学金金额共计10700港币,     

中注协在港成立第一个海外会员服务机构

9月16日,中国注册会计师协会会员服务有限公司在香港成立.中国注册会计师协会刘仲藜会长、中央人民政府驻香港特别行政区联络办公室(简称香港中联办)王志民副主任、香港特区政府财政司曾俊华司长、香港会计师公会冯英伟会长出席揭牌仪式并致辞.香港立法会陈茂波议员连同以上四位嘉宾主持了剪彩仪式.     

促进经济交往 繁荣证券市场

中国注册会计师协会与香港会计师公会,并邀请台湾省会计师公会、台北市会计师公会、高雄市会计师公会参加的“海峡两岸和香港证券交易与管理研讨会”在上海市举行。这次研讨会以证券交易方面的财政、财务、会计、审计管理为主题,并就上海、深圳、香港、台湾股票运作及管理情况进行了广泛深入的研讨和交流,内地和香港、台湾地区,有25位主讲人作了专题演讲。现按地区综合报导如下。     

中国注册会计师协会与澳洲会计师公会签署合作备忘录

8月16日,澳洲会计师公会(CPA Australia)会长简立信先生(Mr. Ken Levy)和总裁葛威信先生(Mr.Greg Larsen)一行访问了中注协,崔建民会长、陈毓圭秘书长会见了来访客人。双方就行业发展和合作等进行了交流。当晚,中国注册会计师协会与澳洲会计师公会在京签署了双方合作备忘录。该合作备忘录旨在进一步加强双方在会员服务和教育培训等方面的交流与合作,促进中澳两国会计师行业的共同发展。中国注册会计师协会会长崔建民、秘书长陈毓圭,澳洲会计师公会会长中国注册会计师协会与澳洲会计师公会签署合作备忘录@若思…     

推动业界发展维护公众利益——香港会计师公会庆祝成立30周年记述

11月11日晚,香港会计师公会在香港会议展览中心举行晚宴,庆祝公会成立30周年。中国注册会计师协会向香港会计师公会发出了贺电。近年来,香港会计师公会的国际地位不断提升,与内地的关系也日益密切,借公会30周年志庆之际,本刊记者与公会有关人士取得了联系,进一步了解了公会30年来的发展历程及未来的发展方向,记述如下。 早期发展香港会计师公会是在1973年1月1日根据《专业会计师条例》成立的,迄今已30年。公会现任会长孙德基先生表示,公会创立初期,只有约370名会员,目前已拥有超过21000名会员和11000多名注册学生。公会秘书…     

中国审计准则委员会与香港会计师公会关于内地审计准则与香港审计准则等效的联合声明

中国审计准则委员会与香港会计师公会对内地审计准则与香港审计准则进行了逐项比较(比较背景及比较过程列于本声明的附件一),并一致同意发表以下联合声明:     

两岸四地会计师行业共同研讨会计审计国际化发展大势

2012年9月4日,海峡两岸及港澳地区会计师行业交流研讨会在台湾地区新北市举行,来自两岸四地的600多名注册会计师围绕"会计审计准则、法规环境与国际之接轨"这一主题展开研讨.本次研讨会由台湾地区四大会计师组织主办,中注协会长李勇出席会议并致辞,台北市会计师公会前理事长罗淑蕾致欢迎词,台湾省会计师公会理事长张威珍、台北市会计师公会理事长李燕松、高雄市会计师公会理事长许顺发、台中市会计师公会理事长纪敏沧、香港会计师公会会长包凯、澳门会计专业联会副会长容永恩分别致辞,中注协副会长兼秘书长陈毓圭等八位来自大陆与港澳台地区的嘉宾分别作了主题演讲.     

承办非审计业务拓展服务领域

感谢中国注册会计师协会、香港会计师公会给予我这次机会,借此能够和大家分享、交流德勤承办非审计业务,以及拓展服务领域的一些经验.     

中注协工作

综合总结协会2003年工作,研究提出2004年工作要点;筹备与ACCA联合举办的公司治理与社会责任专题研讨会;筹备3月下旬全国秘书长工作会议。 执业规范建设组织起草新的审计准则。与国务院有关部门就审计业务相关问题进行沟通。翻译美国会计总署《关于会计师事务所强制轮换潜在影响的研究》。 国际交往1月12日,陈毓圭秘书长会见了香港会计师公会新任秘书长张智媛女士一行。来访的还有香港会计师公会副会长陈茂波先生、理事方中先生、大陆事务委员会主席郑树成先生、会员及对外事务总监谭锦章先生和教育及培训总监陈素珍女士…     

内地与香港注册会计师考试互惠研讨会在北京召开

10月15日,中国注册会计师协会和香港会计师公会在北京联合举办了内地与香港注册会计师考试互惠研讨会。中注协会长崔建民、秘书长陈毓圭,财政部注册会计师考试委员会委员、北京工商大学教授曹冈,财政部会计司人员管理处处长冯卫东,香港会计师公会大陆事务委员会主席郑树成、注册主任兼秘书长李启发、会员及对外事务总监谭锦章、教育及培训总监陈素珍等有关方面的领导和专家出席了会议。会议由崔建民会长主持,来自内地和香港的专家相互介绍了各自的注册会计师考试制度和内容,就两地注册会计师考试有关情况进行性。通过交流和研讨,双方增进了…     

美国内部控制审计的制度变迁及其启示

我国目前正在抓紧制定内部控制审计准则。从世界范围看,美国内部控制审计的发展历史最久、最有代表性,值得我们借鉴。内部控制审计成为与财务报表审计并行的一种新审计业务,在美国的发展大体经历了三个阶段:财务报表审计中的内部控制评价阶段、财务报告内部控制审核阶段和财务报告内部控制审计阶段。本文回顾了美国内部控制审计制度变迁的历程及特点,并提出了我国在制定内部控制审计准则时需要注意解决好的七大问题。     

内地与香港实现职业道德守则等效

2011年11月7日,中国注册会计师协会与香港会计师公会在北京签署职业道德守则等效联合声明,确认内地职业道德守则与香港职业道德守则实现等效。财政部副部长、中国注册会计师协     

How cross-listings from an emerging economy affect the host market?

We study the impact of mainland Chinese listings in Hong Kong on the quality and development of the Hong Kong equity market. At the macro-level, we find that the increasing presence of mainland Chinese stocks in Hong Kong increases the size, trading volume, and its link with the China and world markets but reduces the overall volatility of the Hong Kong stock market. At the firm level, the increase affects the market quality, resulting in lower turnover rate, higher Amihud illiquidity ratio, and higher spread for non-mainland Chinese firms. Furthermore, such an increase in presence causes Hong Kong stocks to move in a more synchronized way and reduces these firms investment sensitivity to stock price movement, implying deterioration in the information environment. As a whole, the increasing presence of Chinese companies in Hong Kong brings benefits to the Hong Kong market, yet not without cost.     

Value relevance of accounting information: Evidence from an emerging market

Without making any distinction of the applicable accounting standards, this paper investigates, firstly, the value relevance of accounting information from 1999 to 2012 in different segments of the Chinese stock market. This investigation includes A-shares, prepared under Chinese Accounting Standards (CAS) for domestic firms; B-shares, prepared under either the International Accounting Standards (IAS) or International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for both domestic and overseas firms; and H-shares prepared under either the IAS or Hong Kong GAAP for Hong Kong and overseas firms. Then, the paper examines whether or not the converged IFRS with CAS, applicable from 2007 onwards, is more value relevant when compared with prior to the 2007's standards (CAS, IAS, Hong Kong GAAP for A-share, B-share, and H-share markets, respectively). Based on 34,020 firm-year observations and after controlling for industry- and year-fixed effects, the findings suggest that accounting information is value relevant with A- and B-share markets, while it is partially relevant with the H-share market. The paper finds that the converged IFRS with CAS is more value relevant in A-shares and B-shares and it is partially more value relevant with the H-share market. These findings have implications for both policymakers and investors since they provide further empirical evidence for the current policy procedure which harmonizes local GAAP with IFRS.     

Overseas listing as a policy tool: Evidence from China’s H-shares

We investigate why the Chinese government chooses to perform share issue privatization (SIP) of its state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in Hong Kong, despite the benefit of facilitating the domestic stock market development if performing SIP in China (Subrahmanyam and Titman, 1999) and the higher cost to list in Hong Kong. We address this issue by arguing that the positive effect of SIPs on the development of the domestic market may have limitations, especially when the domestic market is not well developed and cannot absorb rapid and large-scale SIP activities. To maintain domestic market order, it may be optimal to carry out SIP in overseas markets. Furthermore, by listing shares in developed overseas markets, SOEs from the less developed countries could leverage on the overseas markets’ better accounting, governance, and legal standards. By examining a sample of 92 Chinese firms listed in Hong Kong and the relevant control samples of purely domestically listed Chinese firms during the period of 1993–2006, we find supporting evidence for both arguments.     

Choice of foreign listing location: Experience of Chinese firms

At the end of October 2003, there were 237 Chinese firms' listings on various stock exchanges outside of Mainland China. Beyond geographical proximity and other obvious explanations of why Chinese firms prefer listing in Hong Kong more than in the United States, we identify two additional benefits of a Hong Kong listing. We find that Chinese firms listed in Hong Kong have a better information environment than those listed solely in the United States. We also find that the Hong Kong-listed firms are less financially constrained, which may be due to their ability to access the Hong Kong capital market for external financing. The results of our study show that different stock markets offer different benefits as a listing venue and the benefits of foreign listing may depend on the choice of listing location.     

The spillover effect of disclosure rules and materiality thresholds: Evidence from profit warnings issued in Hong Kong market

Dual-listed firms simultaneously follow the relevant rules in their home country and in their cross-listed country. In contrast, other firms only listed in the cross-listed country are only subject to the local regulations. Previous literature has found evidence that cross-listing can improve firms’ information transparency because of more stringent listing rules in the cross-listed country. The existing research, however, has not paid enough attention to the potential influence of dual-listed firms and their home country institutional factors (e.g. unique disclosure policies) on other firms only listed in the cross-listed country (i.e. spillover effect). In the Hong Kong market, Chinese dual-listed firms are under the mandatory profit warning regulation of mainland China, but other firms listed only in Hong Kong only need to follow the voluntary disclosure rule of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Such a setting provides us with the opportunity to investigate a spillover effect, i.e. whether these Chinese dual-listed firms influence their peers only listed in Hong Kong to release profit warnings. We find that firms only listed in Hong Kong are more likely to issue profit warnings if their Chinese dual-listed peers have also issued warnings. We further find that this spillover effect increases with the market capitalization of Chinese dual-listed firms and increases with the market share of these firms before they dominate the industry. Lastly, due to an underlying duty to disclose material information in Hong Kong, the spillover effect is weaker for firms with large earnings surprises.     

Chinese cross-border insolvency laws: Recent developments and international implications

The present Chinese insolvency law is under the process of legislative reform, and one focus point among legislators and academics is cross-border issues. China is slowly opening up its market to foreign insolvency proceedings, as demonstrated by the 2021 Chinese Mainland-Hong Kong cross-border insolvency cooperation mechanism. This first attempt, however, is only available in three trial cities in the Mainland and does not apply to jurisdictions other than Hong Kong. Nevertheless, it does not undermine the intention of the Mainland to advance its cross-border insolvency framework. Based on a thorough examination of Chinese legislation and judicial practices, this article submits that China would be willing to accept international standards and be a more active player in international insolvencies.     

Auditing Standards in China—A Comparative Analysis with Relevant International Standards and Guidelines

The continuing and deepening economic reforms in China have brought many changes both socially and economically to the society. The primary function of auditing in China has begun to shift away from the traditional tax compliance assessment towards the credibility lending to financial statements. The economic reforms and the development of the Accounting Standards for Business Enterprises have necessitated the parallel development of auditing standards in China. While some significant differences exist, the new Chinese auditing standards are, in a number of important aspects, similar to the professional standards promulgated by the International Federation of Accountants. The development of a comprehensive body of standards, auditor independence, the role of certain auditing techniques, and certified public accountant (CPA) population are the major areas that China needs to improve. Opening up the Chinese accounting industry will trigger significant advances in the implementation of Chinese standards and the development of the Chinese accounting profession.     

Nonlinear interdependence of the Chinese stock markets

The methodologies and assumptions in financial integration studies are problematic and may lead to spurious empirical results. Using surrogate data analysis and the mutual prediction method of testing for nonlinear interdependence, it is feasible for an analyst, with a scant knowledge of the underlying dynamics of two dynamical systems, to show whether or not the systems are interdependent. This study applies these techniques in testing for nonlinear interdependence of three Chinese stock markets: Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong. The empirical results of the present study indicate that the stock market series are nonlinear and that the Chinese stock exchanges are nonlinearly interdependent. Specifically, the evidence indicates that Shanghai and Shenzhen markets are bi-directionally interdependent, while Shanghai and Hong Kong as well as Shenzhen and Hong Kong markets are unidirectionally interdependent, with the direction of interdependence going from the mainland's markets to the Hong Kong market.