The challenge of how to “Maintain Prudent and Consistent Foreign Exchange and MonetaryPolicies in Response to the Current and Future Global Financial Crises” was the focus of a June 18 address by Prof Xiao Geng, Director of Brookings - Tsinghua Centre for Public Policy and Senior Researcher of the Brookings Institution. Prof Xiao was addressing the 20th CEIBS Lujiazui Finance Salon, held at the CEIBSLujiazui International Finance Research Centre.

Most of the media reports will not present a thorough and balanced analysis of the situation in Xinjiang, a vast region whose stability and development are not only strategic for the People's Republic of China but are also key elements of Central Asia's fragile equilibrium. Therefore, 16 months after the violence in Tibet, Urumqi's tragic clashes may affect China's image in the West. With the backdrop of a global financial and economic crisis that is not conducive to serenity, the understanding gap between Beijing and the West is widening. It is urgent to reverse this trend.

“Regulatory Incentives for Earnings Management Through Asset Impairment Reversals in China” co-authored by CEIBS Accounting Professor Chen Shimin, has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance (JAAF). The co-authors of the paper are: Nanjing University Professor Wang Yuetang and Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Professor Zhao Ziye. JAAF, published by New York University’s Stern School, is recognized globally as one of the top 10 accounting journals.  Last September, Professor Chen travelled to Stern School to present an earlier version of the paper at the 2008 JAAF & KPMG Foundation Conference.

What has been the driving force behind China’s success as an exporter? The answer to that often-asked question is explained in “Foreign direct investment, processing trade, and the sophistication of China's exports”, published in the February 5, 2009 online edition of China Economic Review.

International Trade and Investment, co-authored by CEIBS Professor of Economics and Finance Xu Bin, offers a reader-friendly analysis of the most recent developments in the field of international trade and investment.

The role of China’s trade and investment openness in increasing the wage gap between unskilled and skilled workers is the focus of a new study by CEIBS Professor of Economics and Finance Bin Xu.

Thinking of investing in QDII? Before you do, bone up on the research findings newly released by CEIBS Associate Professor of Finance Xinge Zhao.

Latest research of Prof. Ding Yuan on four phases in goodwill accounting from a stakeholder model to a shareholder model

A new study on mainland Chinese entrepreneurial firms’ IPO decision making by Ding Yuan and Zhang Hua

With major scandals around the world shaking investors' faith in published company financial information, the problem of earnings management has recently come under the spotlight. Top executives have been found to manage their earnings aggressively, through accounting sleight-of-hand and corporate policies to improve their companies' announced performance.

The government should have its hands off from anything that can be handled by the market. When it specifically comes to finance, an important sector of China's economy, how can we further deepen the reform and broaden the opening-up?