on september 20th, ibfd-cufe dialogue on strategic cooperation in international tax was held in conference room 602, academic hall, cufe. the participants include: professor li junsheng, vice president of cufe, director of the center for china fiscal development, professor zhang xiaoyan, chief of international cooperation division of cufe, associate professor cao mingxing, deputy director of the center for china fiscal development, professor victor van kommer, executive director of ibfd, madam sorrel hidding, director of marketing and business department, mr. shiqi ma, senior researcher, madam zhang ying, head of academics, china office. 

in recent years, china has been localizing the international fiscal and tax resources, and the world has been integrating the global fiscal and tax strategies. against this back, the international taxation research center, cufe, and the newly established china academy for international fiscal strategy discussed how to build on their work progress and identify the objectives and path of carrying out cooperation in principal forms, discipline principle, industry policies, specialized talents, business plans, dialogue platforms, academic publications, etc. 

during the dialogue, professor li junsheng expressed warm welcome to all the visiting guests from ibfd, and said that ibfd is the world’s largest database and experts’ platform of international tax. professor kommer, executive director of ibfd, appreciated cufe for organizing this dialogue, and acknowledged the big progress that cufe has achieved in international tax education and research. he believed that cufe has become the leader in china’s international tax field, and enjoyed some influence in ifa and oecd. he is willing to ramp up strategic cooperation with cufe based on the mou signed in 2011, expand the professional influence of the two parties, and provide service and support to global cross-border economic development. division chief zhang xiaoyan said that the international cooperation division will continue to support ibfd to co-establish with cufe the joint project of international tax and even establish the international institute. such a move will facilitate the development of international tax in cufe and china at large, help ibfd to expand to new areas, build new base, and create the new landscape characterized by interaction on international tax between china and the west as well as innovative development. 

in order to build the joint brand between cufe and ibfd in strategic cooperation between international fiscal and tax field, the two parties has reached agreement on “ibfd-cufe quality cooperation project on professional qualification training for international tax”, and make it the priority and pilot for initial cooperation; the two parties held intensive discussion on the teaching methods, content, teachers’ qualifications, teachers allocation, course evaluation, assessment methods, designing and granting of the certificates, and they have designed the draft implementation plan.  

in addition, as the chairman of ifa china chapter, professor li junsheng also shared the achievement made so far in the collaboration between ifa and international taxation research center of cufe, the development of cufe’s research on the theory of public finance in new markets, as well as the influence of relevant research on international taxation; ibfd representatives follow closely and spoke highly of the fiscal development and innovation of cufe and china as a whole, and they anticipate that the two parties could reach plans as soon as possible, build systematic and long-term strategic cooperative relationship in the research on theory of public finance in new markets, research on international tax policy in belt and road countries, neo-beps rules discussion, master’s program on international tax, publication of international tax innovation review, etc. the two sides will also build platform of exchanges for the international tax cooperation featuring complementary advantages of china and the west, as well as resources sharing.