The Wall Street Journal
China’s Finance Ministry has suspended the operations of Deloitte’s Beijing office for three months, citing “serious audit deficiencies” in the firm’s work with a big state-owned asset manager. The move followed an investigation into its audits of China Huarong Asset Management Co., a firm which was bailed out in late 2021. The Finance Ministry said that Deloitte Hua Yong, the Chinese name of the auditor’s local affiliate, didn’t assess the true value of China Huarong’s assets or provide proper audit opinions on unusual transactions even after identifying them.