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A Brief Introduction to China Audit Publishing House

China Audit Publishing House is the sole publishing house for the audit profession, which was established in October, 1988. Its management principle is : Attaching importance to quality and taking into consideration of beneficial results at the same time, with a view to serving the audit cause. It publishes audit periodicals, teaching material, papers, documents, and other books of social, economic and supervision theories related to audit, finance, tax, banking, economic laws and regulations, business managements and EDP audit etc.

The Front Gate of China Audit Publishing House

Mr. Lu Peijian, Auditor General of Audit Administration of the People's Republic of China (AAPRC) shows great concern for the work of the Publishing House and has presided over several meetings for discussions of its work, pointing out clear directives re­garding its guiding principle and giving it manpower, material and financial support

      Mr. Lu Peijian

Mr. Shao Boqi is the director of the House. The House has an editorial staff of 35, among whom 22 are editors having received university education respectively in such specialities as accounting, economic journalism and Chinese etc. They have formed them­selves into a vigorous and capable professional contingent with considerable potentialities.

The establishment of the Publishing House is an important forward step for audit publications and has strengthened the staff of the editorial department of the journal "Audit in China", resulting in its rich content and lively style.

More than 20 types of books have been compiled and published, including:

• Historical books such as "Audit Yearbook of China", the first comprehensive book which gives a systematic description of audit development in new China in the past five years. The book contains rich knowledge and material, characteristic of combination of theory and practice,. Auditor General Lu is the chief editor of the book. "Brief History of Audit in China" is another historical book concerning audit. It tells the development of audit centering around important audit elements, from ancient feudal dynas­ties to the present day, taking as the background the specific political, legal systems and the financial, economic conditions of various dynasties in China.
• Books related to laws and regulations which contain laws, decrees, rules and regulations of 1986-1989 promulgated by government organs and departments under the State Council. Scores of such kinds of books including "Selections of Financial, Economic and Audit Laws and Regulations" have been brought out. They provide legal and policy basis for audit institutions in the execution of auditing supervision being practical, and have thus been greatly welcomed.
• Books dealing with auditing practice like "Development in the Past Five Years - Sum­mary of Auditing Ex­perience". It is a selection of articles written by audit institu­tions, internal and social audit organizations in different localities, systematically summing up audit practical experience in China in the past five years, systematically.
• Audit knowledge books in a series. They include ten books, comprehensively introducing such elementary audit knowledge as the function, methodologies, systems of auditing supervision and audit evidences etc.
• Feature articles and reports.

The book "Footmarks of Pioneers" eulogizes, through description of auditors' meritorious deeds, the devotion of the first generation of auditors in new China to the cause of audit. The publication of the above-mentioned books has led to good social and economic benefits.

Guidance, sharing of experience, research, imparting knowledge and enhancing professional excellence is aided by the China Audit Publishing House.

Audit publishing work is indispensable to the development of audit in China, because of its unique role in providing guidance to audit, in promoting exchanges of information and experience, in pushing forward audit theoretical research, in accelerating training of audit personnel and in improving professional quality of auditors.

We sincerely hope to promote the development of audit science and enrich the treasure house of its knowledge through broader ex­changes and cooperation with our colleagues abroad.