The signing ceremony for the cooperation between the School of Accounting and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) was grandly held in the conference room of the School of Accounting. CIMA China Mainland Affairs President Xu Guodong, East China Regional Director Feng Yong, East China Regional Manager Xing Lei, Executive Vice President Zhu Desheng, Vice President Sun Wengang, Directors of the Department of Management Accounting Yang Gongsui and Ye Fei attended the signing ceremony.

According to the agreement, CIMA will provide support for the School of Accounting in terms of teacher training, student career development, student employment, and student registration examinations; the School of Accounting will set up management accounting classes and integrate 16 CIMA professional examination courses into the teaching plan. This signing has further strengthened the exchanges and cooperation between the School of Accounting and CIMA, and will provide students of the School of Accounting with a broader international perspective and provide a basic guarantee for the cultivation of high-level talents in the accounting field.

The full name of CIMA is The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. It is the world's largest international management accountant organization. It is also one of the founding members of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC). It was established in 1919 and is headquartered in London, England. In 2017,CIMA Will cooperate with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Merge to form the world's largest accountant organization and promote a new global accounting qualification certificate-Chartered Global Management Accountant (Chartered Global Management Accountant).