US Renews Audit Inspection of China Firms as Tensions Mount
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US Renews Audit Inspection of China Firms as Tensions Mount
(Bloomberg) -- US audit officials have started a fresh round of inspections of New York-listed Chinese companies in recent weeks as tensions mount between the world’s two largest economies.
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The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board sent a team to Hong Kong last month to review 2022 audit reports of some of the most high-profile Chinese stocks listed in the US, according to people familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified discussing private information.
About a dozen Chinese firms will be inspected this time, including Tencent Music Entertainment Group, Didi Global Inc. and NetEase Inc., said the people. That’s a bigger batch than the inaugural round in the third quarter last year, they added.
The inspection, part of a landmark deal signed last year, comes as the world’s two superpowers escalate their tit-for-tat trade war on technology, from artificial intelligence to chip manufacturing. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen visits China this week seeking to find areas of common economic ground and open communication channels.
Entities facing the most recent round of checks on their clients include the China units of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Ernst & Young LLP and Deloitte & Touche LLP. Three to four listed clients of each firm were picked, said the people. KPMG LLP’s China arm was inspected last year, alongside PwC’s Hong Kong branch.
A spokesperson for the PCAOB declined to comment. In a May statement, board Chair Erica Williams said the agency expects field work to continue this year, with a goal of reviewing companies that account for 99% of the market value of US-listed firms that are audited by Hong Kong and China firms.
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