From 28 to 29 December 2016, at the invitation of China Society of Audit, the Director of Audit Bureau of Commission of Audit of Macau (CA), Neoh Hwai Beng, led a delegation to participate in the “Cross-Strait, Hong Kong and Macau Audit Theory and Practice Seminar 2016" held in Zhengzhou, the city of Henan province. A total of 18 experts and scholars attended this seminar and shared their views. Macau delegation presented three papers according to the topics of the seminar.
During the seminar, discussion was around three topics: “Improving the efficiency of audit work”, “PPP (Public private partnership) audit” and “Resources and environment audit”. 11 representatives delivered keynote speeches and four representatives made comments on the topics. Papers delivered by Macau delegation were as follows: “Introduction to the strategy for improving audit efficiency of the Supreme Audit Institutions” from the Director of Bureau, Neoh Hwai Beng; “The overview of resources and environment of Macau Special Administrative Region” from the Auditor, Vong Mio Seong; and “The progress of audit on PPP projects of Macau” from the Senior Officer, Ieong Hong Wai. Besides, experts from the Public Private Partnerships Center of Ministry of Finance were invited to introduce the development situation of PPP in mainland China. In order to increase the understanding of the related topics, Macau delegation had an in-depth exchange of views and shared experience with other representatives.
“Cross-Strait, Hong Kong and Macau Audit Theory and Practice Seminar" has been held annually since 2010, which provides not only a good learning opportunity for CA staff, but also an important platform for Cross-Strait, Hong Kong and Macau to further exchange views on audit techniques and practice. In order to facilitate the application and innovation of audit techniques and methods, participants had a detail discussion on the challenges and difficulties they encountered during putting theory into practice, so that they could increase communication and make progress together.
