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(1) The 14th session of the 13th National People's Congress Standing Committee passed the Decision on Amending the People's Republic of China's Accounting Law on March 6, 2025. For the first time, credit records are incorporated into the Accounting Law, with Article 47 stating that those who have been punished for violating the law shall be recorded in their credit records. This amendment reflects the new situation and changes in the economic and social development, and is a specific measure to implement the Party Central Committee and the State Council's decision to promote the construction of a social credit system. It provides a solid legal basis for strengthening accounting credibility, promoting the interconnection of credit records, and is beneficial for strict self-regulation of accountants, improving the quality of accounting information, and promoting the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity.
(2) To strengthen accounting credibility, it is necessary to raise the political standing and deeply understand the importance of accounting credibility. Credibility is the cornerstone and an important characteristic of social harmony, and is the fundamental requirement for the healthy operation of a market economy. Accounting work is a basic work in economic construction, and accounting credibility is an important foundation for economic construction.
(3) The country has entered a new stage of development, and the accounting work faces opportunities and challenges, requiring further promotion of accounting credit system construction, the promotion of a culture of integrity, and the creation of an industry-wide atmosphere of credibility, to help the accounting industry and the economy achieve high-quality development.
(4) Strengthening accounting credibility is an important measure to implement the Party Central Committee's decision-making deployment. General Secretary Xi Jinping attaches great importance to credibility construction, pointing out in the report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China that "promoting a culture of integrity, establishing a long-term mechanism for credibility construction." He also made a significant instruction to the accounting industry, emphasizing the importance of serving national construction and credibility construction. The Decision of the 3rd Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China emphasizes the need to perfect the market economy's basic system, including the establishment of a social credit system and regulatory system. The Office of the Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council issued the Opinion on Strengthening Financial Supervision, emphasizing the role of credibility construction in establishing a sound financial supervision system, and requiring the strengthening of industry credibility construction, the establishment of industry credit files, and the incorporation of credibility requirements into industry management and service work.
(5) The new Accounting Law provides a solid foundation for the accounting industry to promote the construction of a social credit system, and clearly defines the main direction of accounting credit supervision and credibility construction. Therefore, continuous strengthening of accounting credibility and the establishment of an accounting credit system are essential to deeply implement the spirit of the 3rd Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and to promote the effective interaction between the market and the government.
(6) Strengthening accounting credibility is a necessary requirement to maintain the order of the market economy. The 3rd Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China emphasizes the need to better play the role of the market mechanism, create a more fair and vibrant market environment, and achieve the optimal allocation of resources and maximum benefits. Accounting information is the "barometer" of economic development, and high-quality accounting information is the basic guarantee for the effective allocation of resources, and an important basis for macroeconomic decision-making. Investors, creditors, entrepreneurs, and the public and government all need true and reliable accounting information to make rational decisions.
(7) As a common business language, accounting plays a foundational role in the entire economic operation and economic management, and accountants must be honest and fair, objective and impartial. However, financial fraud, accounting information distortion, and other problems have occurred from time to time, not only harming the interests of investors, creditors, and other relevant parties, but also causing serious economic consequences. In June, the General Office of the State Council forwarded the opinion of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Finance, and other six departments on further doing a good job in the comprehensive prevention and punishment of financial fraud on the capital market, requiring the strengthening of joint punishment and social supervision, and the enhancement of the constraints of loss of credit.
(8) Strengthening accounting credibility and enhancing self-regulatory constraints can help prevent financial fraud from the source, record loss of credit in credit records, enhance warning and deterrence, and help improve the cost of violating the law, optimize the industry ecosystem, and is a realistic requirement to protect the legitimate interests of investors and maintain normal market economic order.
(9) Strengthening accounting credibility is the basis for accountants to perform their functions. The development of accounting history shows that the connotation and extension of accounting have been continuously expanded in line with the development of society and economic management. In the