Recently, the Ministry of Finance has released the list of the third advisory expert of Government Accounting Standards Board. Li Zongyan, associate professor of the School of Accounting of ZUFE, was selected for the Board.
Li Zongyan got his doctoral degree at Xiamen University and his post-doctoral fellowship in applied economics (finance) in the National Academy of Economic Strategy, CASS, and in the Audit Research Institute of the National Audit Office. Now he is an associate professor of the School of Accounting of ZUFE and a master supervisor as well. What’s more, he is a member of China’s Democratic National Construction Association and is referred to as a visiting scholar of the University of Minnesota. As a member listed in the first batch of international high-end accounting talent training projects of the Ministry of Finance, he has an additional post as an external auditor of the UN Board of Auditors and was an evaluation expert of senior auditor qualification. Additionally, he was a member of Finance Committee of Zhejiang Province of China’s Democratic National Construction Association and was hired as a contributing auditor of the audit office of Zhejiang Province and was an executive director of the Zhejiang Province Audit Society.
His research mainly focused on Accounting Standards for Business Enterprises and for Government, Accounting systems, and Government Audit. He has presided over a series of research projects for the National Social Sciences, major provincial and ministerial level, and Ministry of Education humanities and Social Sciences. He has also published many papers in core journals in terms of Accounting Study, Auditing Study, and Finance research. Therefore, he is adept at Accounting and Auditing Standards, practice of System Construction, and practice. Many times, he has played the role of main auditor for many international auditing projects and consultant for the audit office and Accounting Standards of the Ministry of Finance and institution building. His research and policy suggestions about the building of Accounting and Auditing systems have been adopted by national Ministries and Commissions many times.
