据彭博(Bloomberg)周三报道，中国已经要求国有企业停止使用安永(Ernst & Young)和其他几家全球知名的会计师事务所，因为中国长期以来都对数据安全感到担忧。据称是财政部发布的指导意见，建议国有企业与普华永道(PriceWaterhouseCoopers)、安永、毕马威(KPMG)和德勤会计师事务所(Deloitte & Touche)的合同到期后不再续签。
该指导意见是在中国政府去年与美国达成协议、允许美国审计机构检查数以百计在纽约上市的中国公司的审计底稿后发布的。
据一位了解此事的消息人士称，境外公司仍被允许使用美国审计机构，但这些公司的母公司正被指示使用中国或香港的会计师事务所。
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China has told state-owned companies to stop using Ernst & Young and several other global accounting firms because of longstanding concerns about data security, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. The guidance, purportedly issued by the finance Ministry. Advises state-owned enterprises not to renew their contracts with PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, KPMG and Deloitte & Touche when they expire.
The guidelines were issued after the Chinese government reached an agreement with the US last year to allow US auditors to examine the audit papers of hundreds of Chinese companies listed in New York.
Foreign companies are still allowed to use US auditors. But their parent companies are being instructed to use Chinese or Hong Kong accounting firms. According to a source briefed on the matter.
