To advance global collaboration in accounting, the Department of Accounting hosted the 2025 HKUST Accounting Research Symposium on 15 and 16 December. The event attracted 72 participants from China, Singapore, Canada, the United States, Norway, Korea, Australia, Italy, the United Kingdom, and other regions around the world.

The symposium has received many high-quality papers and selected seven papers for presentation. We would like to express our heartfelt thank you to the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA) for being the sponsor of this conference.