On September 12th, 2012, the closing ceremony of the 3rd Sino-Indian Young Auditors Forum was hosted in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province of China, marking the successful end to this bilateral forum, initiated by Mr. LIU Jiayi, Auditor General of China and Mr. Vinod Rai, Comptroller and Auditor General of India in 2010.
The forum started on September 3rd 2012 and attracted 20 young auditors who are selected from audit institutions of India and China earlier this year, to carry out discussion and exchanges on the topics of Role and Functions of Auditing in Combating Corruption and Social Security Audit. Mr. LIU Jiayi has met all the participants during their courtesy visit to the National Audit Office of China on September 4th and Mr. DONG Dasheng, Deputy Auditor General has presented at the opening ceremony and delivered an opening speech on September 5th.
Mr. LIU Jiayi, during his talk with the participants, has quoted the words of Chairman Mao as follows: “The world is yours, so is ours, but it will finally belong to you. You young people are full of vigor and vitality, are in the bloom of life, just like the sunshine at 8 or 9 o’clock in the morning. Hopes are placed on your shoulders,” to demonstrate his hope for the efforts of young auditors dedicated for the development of audit work and the contribution to the motherland. to demonstrate his hope for the efforts of young auditors dedicated for the development of audit work and the contribution to the motherland.
As the 3rd of the series of Sino-Indian Young Auditors Forum, this year’s forum coincides with "The Sino-India friendship and corporation year", and the friendship and cooperative exchange has also become the main theme of this forum. The forum has started from Beijing, the capital city mixed with traditional culture and modern views, and then pass the city of Xi’an, one of the four ancient civilization cities in the world, and finally reached Guangzhou and Shenzhen, the cities pioneered in the Reform and Open-up Policy of China, in the Pearl River Delta region of Guangdong province. Besides seminar activities, participants have also conducted several exchange sessions with auditors in Shaanxi Provincial Audit Office, CNAO’s Resident Office in Guangzhou and CNAO’s Resident Office in Shenzhen. The forum ended on September 13th, 2012.