BEIJING, April 29 (Xinhua) -- The China Economic Information Service, affiliated with Xinhua News Agency (CEIS), has inked an agreement with Ernst & Young (EY) in Beijing over cooperation on overseas market research as well as consulting work in areas of accounting, tax, risk management and financial transactions.
The Xinhua Silk Road Information Department of CEIS would work with EY's China Overseas Investment Network (COIN) to build "Xinhua Silk Road " a more open information providing platform while improving "Xinhua Silk Road" information productsthrough teaming up as well as regular communications based on mutual benefits.
Both parties would benefit from higher product added value through information, channel, and expertise cooperation, andcollaborative achievements in areas such as research reports on countries along the Belt and Road would further enrich the "Xinhua Silk Road" database.
As one of the "Big Four" audit firms worldwide, EY has offices around 150 countries and regions in the world and has rich experience in audit, tax, consulting and financial transaction services.
The CEIS has 31 branches around China and more than 180 information collection units worldwide, with its service and products reaching more than 20,000 users in China as well as overseas. (Edited by Niu Huizhe, niuhuizhe@xinhua.org)