Alibaba and Yum China first in line for audit checks by US regulator
阿里巴巴和百胜中国将最先接受美国审计检查
US regulators will attempt to inspect the Chinese audit files of Alibaba and Yum China next month as part of a landmark deal between Beijing and Washington, according to people familiar with the matter.The deal, agreed on Friday, allows the US Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, America’s accounting watchdog, to vet the work of audit firms in mainland China and Hong Kong for the first time.
知情人士表示，美国监管机构将于下月尝试检查阿里巴巴(Alibaba )和百胜中国(Yum China)在中国的审计底稿，这是北京和华盛顿之间一项具有里程碑意义的协议的一部分。
The agreement has laid the foundation to resolve a long simmering dispute between the two superpowers that could result in the US banning the trading on its exchanges of around 200 Chinese companies in 2024, threatening the value of around $1.4tn in the companies’ shares.
根据上周五达成的协议，美国会计监管机构——美国公众公司会计监督委员会(PCAOB)将首次能对中国内地和香港的审计公司的工作进行审查。
Jack Ma’s ecommerce group Alibaba is China’s most valuable overseas-listed company, with a market capitalisation of $249bn on the New York stock exchange. Yum China, which owns the KFC and Pizza Hut brands in China, is worth $21bn on US markets.
该协议为解决这两个超级大国之间一场发酵已久的争端奠定了基础。这场争端可能导致美国在2024年禁止约200家中国公司在其交易所交易，威胁到约1.4万亿美元相关股票的价值。
