PACP Helps Students Obtain Qualifications

The Briefing Session on Professional Accountancy Conversion Programme (PACP) and the Certificate Presentation Ceremony was held by the Division of Business and Management (DBM) of UIC on 21 November.UIC obtained the accreditation of PACP from the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA) in 2011. The programme is specifically designed for non-accounting students who aspire to...

Prospects of Greater Bay Area

The second Division of Business and Management (DBM) High Table Dinner of the semester was held on 6 November 2019. Chairman of Hong Kong’s Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority, Dr David Wong Yau-kar, was invited to give a speech that was titled ‘The Trade War and the Outlook for the GBA’. Other high table guests who attended the dinner, included UIC Vice President (Students and Gene...

Newer Retail, Smarter Vehicles

Two distinguished guest speakers addressed at the Division of Business and Management’s (DBM) high table dinner on 29 October 2019. Vice President of Alibaba Group and Executive Director as well as CEO of Intime Retail Group, Mr Xiaodong Chen, provided insights into the Chinese 'new retail’ industry. In addition, Vice Chairman and President of Xpeng Motors, Dr Hongdi Gu, spoke of the smart el...

Accounting and financial innovation in digital age

Around 150 scholars from over 20 universities and professional industry experts attended the ‘2019 China Accounting and Financial Innovation Forum’, which was held at UIC and ran for two days from 18 until 19 October.This forum was jointly organised by Frontiers of Business Research in China (FBR), Business School of Renmin University of China (RUC) and UIC. The main focus being covered at ...

Finance student in love with Mathematics

As a Finance student, Jian Huang has a great interest in Mathematics and has previously participated in five Mathematics modelling contests during his time at UIC.In high school, he was a student in art and had great enthusiasm. After he went to college, he kept on learning Mathematics — he was enthusiastic about all courses related to Mathematics, including those online as well as those ava...

Advisory meeting for DBM's development

The 10th meeting of the Advisory Committee of the Division of Business and management (DBM) was held on 15 May, where DBM’s development during the past year and future plans were discussed. Experts gather for the improvement of DBMThe meeting was chaired by Hong Kong deputy to the National People's Congress, Managing Director of United Overseas Investments Limited Dr David Wong.The external ...

CPA Australia accredits MPAcc Programme

The Certified Practising Accountant (CPA) Australia Accreditation Ceremony for UIC’s Master of Professional Accountancy (MPAcc) Programme was organised by the Division of Business and Management (DBM) on 21 May.Group photo of representatives from UIC and CPA AustraliaUIC's Vice President (Academic Affairs) and Dean of Graduate School, Prof Zhi Chen, spoke about the long standing relationship...

How trust affects economic growth

The Division of Business Management (DBM) High Table Dinner was held on 25 April. Professor Wilson Tong from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) was invited as the guest speaker for this event.Professor Tong is a Professor of Finance; Programme Director of Doctor of Business and Administration and Doctor of Management, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. His publications appear in top ...