On September 7th, our university signed CIMA Program cooperation agreement with Chartered Institute of Management Accountant. A 5-person delegation from CIMA including its President Andrew Miskin, and Xu Guodong, the Chief Inspector of Mainland China Business Sector, visited us. On behalf of Hubei University of Economics, President Qi Laying met with the delegation and had a cordial conversation.

At the agreement signing ceremony, Vice President He conveyed his welcome to the delegates and particularly showed his appreciation to President Miskin for his continued efforts in enhancing the partnership and promoting the collaboration. Then he talked about our university’s history, development and emphasized the importance of introducing CIMA Program, which greatly suits our needs in cultivating professionals with international competitiveness and promoting the school strategy of internationalization. He expressed his expectation for bilateral cooperation at even higher level.

Andrew Miskin introduced the basic information and future trend of CIMA. He believes management accountants have been increasing important to companies and have drawn more and more attention from governments worldwide, Chinese government is no exception as its Ministry of Finance has published the Guidance on Comprehensively Advancing the Construction of Management Accounting System. He showed his confidence in future promotion of CIMA program in China and new engine this program would serve in cultivating more well-trained professionals in our university in the field of management and accounting.

In this cooperative CIMA program, teachers of our university will be expected to have professional training twice every year and students will have more opportunities of internship and employment in multinational enterprises.

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Chartered Institute of Management Accountant was founded in 1919 with its headquarter in London. CIMA is the world’s largest professional institute of management accountants offering the most relevant accounting qualification for a career in business. Now it has more than 229 thousand members covering 176 countries. Members of CIMA play an important role in business and government on account of their profound knowledge, excellent managing skills and advanced tactical thinking. CIMA develops fast and has become the biggest platform to generate leaders in the field of international finance.

Through close cooperation and subsidizing frontier research, CIMA continually update the system of educational accreditation, professional qualification and vocational development, making CIMA the first choice to attract finance professionals. CIMA aims to improve professional skills and professional ethics of financial elites.

CIMA and AICPA have co-established Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGPA), the world’s biggest accountant organization. In addition, CIMA have reached mutual recognition with CPA (Australia) and CMA (Canada) respectively, which makes CIMA even more international.

CIMA develops fast in China too. Courses have been set up in 40 colleges in China like Zhongnan University of Econimics and law, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Xiamen University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Fudan University, Tongji University, Shanghai National Accounting Institute, Xiamen National Accounting Institute, Central University of Finance and Economics, Capital University of Economics and Business, Chongqing University of Technology, Jinan University, Zhongshan University, GuangDong University of Foreign Studies, South China University of Technology, Hunan University,  Central South University,  Southwest University of Finance and Economics, etc.