On the morning of May 20, in order to thoroughly implement President Xi’s important spirit of promoting the integrated development of the real economy and the digital economy, and promoting the deep integration of the internet, big data, artificial intelligence and the real economy, School of Accounting of Dongbei University of Finance and Economics invited Dawei Duan, Senior Vice President and CFO of iFLYTEK Co., Ltd., a 1989 alumnus of investment and economic management, and his delegation to hold a lecture exchange activity entitled “The Age of Digital Intelligence and the Career Development of Financial Talents”. The lecture is co hosted by the School of Accounting, the School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, and the School of Investment Engineering Management.
Xuhui Wang, Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Vice President of Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Dawei Duan, Senior Vice President and CFO of IFlytek Co., Ltd., Qinghua Sun, President of the Northeast Asia Research Institute of IFlytek Co., Ltd., Linyue Zhao, General Manager of the Sharing Finance Department of IFlytek Co., Ltd., Fangyuan Zheng, Manager of the Process Information Department of the Business Finance Department of IFlytek Co., Ltd., Yanli Chen, Secretary of the General Party Branch of the School of Accounting of Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Jian Xu, Dean of the School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence of Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Ji Zhu, Secretary of the General Party Branch of the School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence of Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Dan Lv, Dean of the School of Investment Engineering Management of Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Xihui Lu, Secretary of the General Party Branch of the School of Investment Engineering Management of Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Xiaoshu Wang, Vice Dean of the School of Investment Engineering Management of Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, and some teachers and students from the three schools attended the lecture. The lecture was hosted by Hang Liu, Dean of the School of Accounting, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics.
Vice President Xuhui Wang, on behalf of the university, warmly welcomed the visit of Mr. Dawei Duan and his delegation. He hoped that through the morning's exchange, our university's teachers and students could be brought closer to the era of digital intelligence, and our financial talents could deepen their understanding of career development. Vice President Xuhui Wang introduced the current talent cultivation of Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, and expressed his gratitude to IFlytek Co., Ltd. for its support to the university's work.
Subsequently, Mr. Dawei Duan gave a lecture titled "Embracing New Technology, Embracing the New Era - A Message from a 1993 Graduate to the 2023 Students". Mr. Dawei Duan has been paying attention to the construction and development of his Alma Mater since graduation. In May 2019, the School of Accounting hired Mr. Dawei Duan as concurrently tutor for master of professional accounting (MPAcc) and master of auditing (MAud) postgraduates to teach practical knowledge and experience to students of the School of Accounting.
In September 2019, as an outstanding alumnus representative, Mr. Dawei Duan delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of the 2019 freshmen of Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, and shared the gains during the university and insights in the career development path with the newly enrolled students. Four years later, as 2019 undergraduate students were about to graduate, Mr. Dawei Duan returned to his Alma Mater once again, using his professional knowledge to repay his Alma Mater, imparting his experience to the younger students present, and continuing to inherit this alumni friendship.
Later, Qinghua Sun, President of IFlytek Co., Ltd., and Ms. Linyue Zhao gave lectures entitled "New Wave of Artificial Intelligence Technology - Cognitive Big Model" and "From Reimbursement Robot to a New Era of Financial Intelligence" respectively. The teachers, students, and three practical experts who participated in the lecture closely discussed and exchanged ideas on topics such as intelligent finance, artificial intelligence technology, and big models. The enthusiastic discussion further enhanced the understanding of cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence among teachers and students.
The School of Accounting closely focuses on the development goal of building the university into a "internationally renowned, high-level research university with prominent financial and economic characteristics", and is committed to the training of "high-quality, international, and application-oriented" accounting professionals. The school has consistently emphasized the reform of professional education and teaching, vigorously promoting modern teaching methods, and continuously transmitting the spark of theoretical and practical research for many years. This lecture has provided our teachers and students with a deeper understanding of cutting-edge technology fields such as artificial intelligence, which is of great significance for improving the quality of talent cultivation.
