The evaluation results for the 2026 Joint Research Initiatives co-sponsored by the Ministry of Finance and provincial governments have been officially released. The project Research on the Corporate Financial Governance System, submitted by Professor Shuqin SONG and Professor Yanli CHEN of the School of Accounting, has been approved as a commissioned research project. The project Research on the Relationship between Corporate Sustainability Disclosure and Internal Control, submitted by Professor Dapeng TANG, has been approved as a competitive research project.
Undertaking high-quality projects under the Joint Research Initiatives Co-sponsored by the Ministry of Finance and Provincial Governments represents a significant step by the School of Accounting to thoroughly implement the guiding principles from the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the subsequent plenary sessions, actively serve major national decision-making needs, and support the central priorities of the Ministry of Finance. The successful approval of these projects is of great significance in further enhancing the ability of the accounting discipline and its research teams to address critical, pressing, and challenging issues, solidly advancing the development of the "world-class universities and first-class disciplines" initiative, and continuously expanding the discipline's influence.
【Faculty Profile】
Shuqin SONG, Professor at the School of Accounting, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics (DUFE), holds a Ph.D. in Management and serves as a Master's Supervisor.
Her research interests include capital markets, corporate investment and financing, and corporate governance. She has published over 30 papers in journals such as Accounting Research, and has led one Youth Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, one project of the Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Research, and three projects of the Liaoning Provincial Department of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Research.
Yanli CHEN, Professor at the School of Accounting, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics (DUFE), Council Member of the China Industrial Economics Society, and member of the Accounting Education Committee of the Accounting Society of China.
She has led over ten national, provincial, and ministerial-level research projects, including projects from the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National Social Science Fund of China, the Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Research General Projects, and the Joint Research Initiative Co-sponsored by the Ministry of Finance and Provincial Governments.
She has published two academic monographs and over 30 papers in journals such as China Industrial Economics and Accounting Research. Several of her papers have received awards including the Excellent Paper Award from the Accounting Society of China, the Liaoning Provincial Natural Science Academic Achievement Award, and the Liaoning Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award.
Dapeng TANG, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor in the Department of Auditing at the School of Accounting, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics (DUFE), serves as Deputy Director of the China Internal Control Research Center. A postdoctoral researcher in Applied Economics at the Chinese Academy of Fiscal Sciences under the Ministry of Finance, his research focuses on strategy and risk management, auditing and internal control, and capital market finance and accounting.
He has led one project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, two projects of the Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Fund, two projects of the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, and six policy research projects for the Ministry of Finance. He has been deeply involved in the development and implementation of standards for internal control construction, evaluation, and reporting for enterprises and public sector entities under the Ministry of Finance, receiving multiple policy endorsements and adoptions.
In recent years, he has published over 80 papers in leading domestic and international journals, including Journal of Management Sciences in China, Accounting Research (9 papers), Nankai Business Review, Public Finance Research (9 papers), Auditing Research (2 papers), Journal of Finance and Economics, Economic Management Journal, as well as Pacific-Basin Finance Journal (2 papers), Applied Economics, and China Journal of Accounting Research (2 papers). Ten of his articles have been reprinted by Xinhua Digest and Renmin University Photocopying Newspapers and Periodicals. He has published two monographs and authored two important internal reference reports for the State Council and the Ministry of Finance.
