SSC conference explores latest developments and challenges in China’s accounting and financing
President Professor Stephen Cheung Yan-leung delivers the welcoming speech.
Professor Zuo Luo delivers the keynote presentation.
The virtual group photo of conference participants.
Professor Li Wai-keung announces the recipients of the “Best Paper” Award: Dr Wang Le, Associate Professor Zou Liping, and Associate Professor Wu Ji (Authors of “Stock Price Crashes in China: An Artificial Neural Network Approach”).
Professor Peter Cheung Tsan-yin announces the recipient of the “Best Discussant” Award: Associate Professor George Shan.
Professor Peter Cheung Tsan-yin announces the recipient of the “Best Discussant” Award: Dr Le Laura Luo.
The Department of Social Sciences (SSC) of EdUHK organised and hosted the online Pacific Accounting Review (PAR) Special Issue Conference on 17 December 2022. Themed “the ever-changing circumstances around China’s accounting and finance”, the Special Issue Conference attracted over 600 participants, with 35 attending online and more than 600 attending the live-streamed sessions.
Dr Tan Weiqiang, Associate Professor at SSC and the Programme Leader of the Master of Arts in Personal Finance Education, chaired the Conference Organisation Committee and was a guest editor for this conference’s Special Issue. Professor Luo Zuo from Cornell University delivered an insightful presentation as the keynote speaker, entitled “Behavioural Economics of Accounting: Evidence from China”, which summarises a new stream of cross-disciplinary research topics that have been trending in Chinese accounting research.
During the one-day conference, 18 scholars from Australia, mainland China, Macau and New Zealand presented and discussed their research outcomes on issues regarding accounting, auditing, financial instruments, ESG and finance education in the context of the ever-changing circumstances around China.
Welcoming both the scholars and the audience, President Professor Stephen Cheung Yan-leung addressed the University’s roles as a regional leader in teacher education and its “Education-plus” approach – the University’s development initiative. He also reviewed the University’s achievements in enhancing business and finance education in recent years, including launching the “Facts and Figures Generation” platform to develop financial literacy among local young people in 2021 and commencing the first-ever Master of Arts in Personal Finance Education (MAPFE) programme in Hong Kong in September 2021. The MAPFE Programme aims to cultivate professional educators in personal finance and financial literacy who are eligible to transfer financial knowledge into different sectors for the community.
The conference ended with the Award Presentation session. Professor Peter Cheung Tsan-yin, Head of SSC, announced the “Best Discussant” Awards. Professor Li Wai-keung, Dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, delivered the closing remarks and announced the “Best Paper” Award.
Pacific Accounting Review is a quarterly academic journal that publishes original research papers and book reviews. It specialises in empirical and theoretical research on current developments in accounting and finance, with an emphasis on research from and related to the Pacific region.
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List of the Awardees |
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“Best Discussant” Award |
Dr LUO Le Laura (Macquarie University) Dr George Shan (the University of Western Australia) |
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“Best Paper” Award |
“Stock Price Crashes in China: An Artificial Neural Network Approach” Author: Dr Wang Le (Lincoln University), Dr Zou Liping and Dr George Wu Ji (Massey University) |
(Ref: Introduction to Pacific Accounting Review, retrieved from https://emeraldgrouppublishing.com/journal/par?id=par on 20 December 2022.)
