on january 8, the seventh congress of the cpas was held in beijing. xiao jie, state councilor and secretary-general of the state council, attended the meeting and delivered an important speech. the seventh council and leading group of the cpas were elected by the congress. prof. jiang xiaojuan, dean of sppm, and prof. peng zongchao, party secretary of sppm, were elected chairperson and vice-chairperson of cpas, respectively.
nine professors from sppm were elected as the seventh council members of cpas, namely, jiang xiaojun, meng qingguo, peng zongchao, su jun, wang ming, wang yahua, wang youqiang, yang yongheng, and zhu xufeng. jiang xiaojuan, peng zongchao, yang yongheng, and zhu xufeng were elected as executive council members. zhang nan, associate professor at sppm, was elected as a youth council member. more than 300 delegates from local societies, government departments, universities, and research institutes all over the country participated in the meeting.