北京时间2024年5月30日，外媒彭博社报道了有关普华永道中国的最新重磅消息。
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彭博社：中国将对普华永道处罚
路透社5月30日电---彭博社周四报道，中国正考虑对普华永道处以创纪录的罚款，并暂停其在中国的部分业务，原因是该公司对中国恒大集团(3333.HK)的审计项目。
罚款可能至少人民币10亿元(合1.38亿美元)，而普华永道在中国大陆的一些办事处将面临停止运营。报道援引知情人士的话说，中国财政部最早可能在本周宣布处罚措施。
普华永道和中国财政部周四没有立即回应路透社的询问。
原英文报道如下：
China mulls record fine for PwC over Evergrande auditing, Bloomberg News reports
May 30 (Reuters)- China is weighing a record fine for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) and suspending some of the auditor''s local operations over its role in auditing troubled property developer China Evergrande Group (3333.HK), opens new tab, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.
The fine could be at least 1 billion yuan ($138 million), while PwC is facing a halt of operation at some of its mainland offices. China''s Ministry of Finance may announce the penalties as soon as this week, the report added, citing people familiar with the matter.
PwC and the Ministry of Finance did not immediately respond to Reuters'' queries on Thursday.
PwC has been in the spotlight since a Chinese regulator earlier this year found Evergrande, once the country''s biggest developer, had overstated revenue at its main unit Hengda by 564 billion yuan in the two years through 2020.
PwC was Evergrande’s auditor for almost 14 years until it resigned in early 2023. Evergrande said in a previous filing that this was due to disagreements on audit matters.
Meanwhile, PwC is under a separate investigation initiated by a Hong Kong financial regulator in April, opens new tab, after a whistle-blower letter was circulated that raised concerns over audit deficiencies in matters including China Evergrande.
Evergrande was ordered to be liquidated by a Hong Kong court earlier this year for not able to deliver a debt restructuring plan more than two years after it defaulted on offshore note payments.
($1 = 7.2494 Chinese yuan renminbi)
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中国石油取消聘任普华永道议案
上交所主板上市公司中国石油(601857.SH)于5月31日发布《关于2023年年度股东大会取消议案的公告》公告显示，鉴于近期有关审计行业相关事项还需进一步核实，经公司与普华永道中天会计师事务所（特殊普通合伙）及罗兵咸永道会计师事务所（以下合称普华永道）协商，公司决定取消原定提交2023年年度股东大会审议的《关于公司聘用2024年度境内外会计师事务所的议案》。
详细如下：
中国石油于2024年3月26日发布续聘公告称，公司拟继续聘用普华永道中天会计师事务所（特殊普通合伙）及罗兵咸永道会计师事务所分别为公司2024年度境内和境外会计师事务所。2024年度普华永道中天和罗兵咸永道为公司提供审计服务费用预计为人民币（含增值税）4,850万元，较上一年审计费用无重大变化。
详细如下：
中国石油2023年度支付给普华永道0.46亿元（含内控审计费）的审计费用。
