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WORKSHOP ON PUBLIC FINANCE IN AUSTRALIA AND CHINA
Melbourne, 1 December 2011 This workshop,
jointly organised by Victoria University and the Central University of
Finance and Economics (CUFE) (Beijing), addressed public finance reform,
central-local fiscal allocations and debt and optimising tax governance
in China and Australia.
The workshop began with a public seminar presentation by Professor Ma
Haitao
Thinking on China’s Taxation System Reform and Development (PDF 144 KB)
This seminar was followed by CUFE/VU workshop presentations:
Public finance reform in Australia and China, Professor Peter Sheehan,
VU
Sub-national government debt management in Australia, Dr Bruce
Rasmussen, VU
Current situation and reasons for China’s local government debt,
Professor Wen Laicheng, CUFE
Allocating taxes among levels of government and horizontal and vertical
fiscal equalization, Professor Bhajan Grewal, VU
Central and local government fiscal relations in China: Central transfer
payments and property tax reform, Professor Ren Qiang, CUFE
Property tax in Australia: Councils, revenue, property based taxes and
the fiscal equalisation process, Mr Colin Morrison, Victorian Government
Optimising the allocation of local tax authorisation in China, Associate
Professor Jiang Aihua
International accounting standards: Adoption, use and financial
reporting; The characteristics of Australia’s Auditor General: Ensuring
independence and accountability, Professor Colin Clark, VU
Urbanisation and local government fiscal risk in China (Research
proposal), Miss Zhang Zhang, CUFE
CUFE delegates:
• Professor Ma Haitao, Dean, School of Public Finance (head of the
delegation)
• Professor Wen Laicheng, School of Public Finance
• Associate Professor Ren Qiang, Vice Dean, School of Public Finance
• Associate Professor Jiang Aihua, Vice Dean, School of Public Finance
Local participants:
• Professor Peter Sheehan, Director, Centre for Strategic Economic
Studies, Victoria University
• Professor Colin Clark, Accountant Professor, VU
• Professor Bhajan Grewal, CSES, VU
• Dr Bruce Rasmussen, Deputy Director, CSES, VU
• Mr Colin Morrison, Director, Governance & Funding Programs, Local
Government, Victoria Department of Planning & Community Development;
Executive Officer, Victoria Grants Commission
• Miss Zhang Zhang, CUFE PhD student and Visiting Researcher, CSES, VU
• Dr Alex English, CSES, VU
For more information contact:
alex.english@vu.edu.au | |
Professor Linda Rosenman, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research and Knowledge Exchange with Professor Ma Haitao, Dean, School of Public Finance, CUFE (Beijing)
From left: Zhang Zhang, Wen Laicheng, Ren Qiang, Rina
Chao, Colin Morrissey, Ma Haitao, Bruce Rasmussen, Peter Sheehan, Bhajan Grewal, Ai Jianghua, Xu Jingran
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