On the afternoon of April 6, 2023, Yan'an University and Xi'an Eurasia University held a signing ceremony for strategic cooperation and an opening ceremony for the "Teaching Center of Xi'an Eurasia University for Postgraduate Education of Yan'an University". The inter-university strategic cooperative relationship established between Yan'an University and Xi'an Eurasia University aims to give full play to the advantages of both universities and form synergy for development. Adhering to the principle of "complementarity, resource sharing, win-win cooperation, mutual collaboration and common development", the two sides have realized organic combination of business administration discipline construction and talent training, boosted the discipline construction and postgraduate education application foundation of Xi'an Eurasia University, simultaneously improved the discipline construction level and talent training quality in the field of "intelligent accounting" of Yan'an University, and helped the two universities with accounting talent cultivation and innovation in the era of digital intelligence.

Liu Jin, President of Xi'an Eurasia University, and Fu Feng, Vice President of Yan'an University delivered speeches on behalf of the two sides respectively. Wang Jin, Dean of the School of Economics and Management of Yan'an University, and Xie Tao, Dean of the School of Accounting of Xi'an Eurasia University, signed a strategic cooperation agreement on behalf of the two sides. Fu Feng, Vice President of Yan'an University, and Zhang Lefang, Vice President of Xi'an Eurasia University unveiled the "Teaching Center of Xi'an Eurasia University for Postgraduate Education of Yan'an University". The signing ceremony was presided over by Zhang Wei, Assistant to the Dean of the School of Accounting of Xi'an Eurasia University. In the exchange and sharing session, Xie Tao introduced talent cultivation and innovation in the School of Accounting of Xi'an Eurasia University in the era of digital intelligence. Wei Yuan and Zhao Huan, representatives of teachers from the School of Accounting, shared the construction of the courses "Innovative Thinking and Business Model" and "Financial Informatization Tools and Applications". Witnesses at the signing ceremony were comprised of representatives from Yan'an University, including Deputy Director of the Department of Academic Affairs of Ye Qian, Secretary of the CPC Committee Fu Xu and Vice Dean Chen Yunqiao of the School of Economics and Management, Director of the MPAcc Center Wang Xiaojun, and Director Zhang Huanping and Teaching Secretary Wang Xiuhui of the Accounting Teaching and Research Office, as well as representatives from Xi'an Eurasia University, including Director of the Financial Management Teaching and Research Office of the School of Accounting Song Fenxian, Director of the Training Center Luo Yanni and heads of relevant departments.

According to the cooperation agreement, the two universities will carry out all-round cooperation in discipline construction, talent cultivation and personnel exchanges. In the future, the two sides will carry out deeper cooperation in building a platform for teachers' mutual visits and exchanges, sharing practical teaching resources, setting up joint teaching teams, and establishing a dual-degree teaching mechanism.

Liu Jin stressed that 2023 is the "Quality Contribution Year" of Xi'an Eurasia University, and the cooperation between the two universities is an important opening chapter and milestone for this year. It also marks a brand-new starting point for deepening cooperation and pursuing common development between the two sides. Xi'an Eurasia University has always adhered to the "student-centered" education concept, and the greatest benefit of cooperation between the two universities should belong to the students. Liu Jin hopes that in the future, the two sides will give full play to their respective advantages, deepen and innovate cooperation in teaching, scientific research, discipline construction, faculty building and other aspects, improve the inter-university cooperation mechanism, further enhance the comprehensive strength and school running level, make greater contributions to cultivating high-caliber talent with innovative spirit and practical ability, and create new contents of the educational reform and development in colleges and universities of Shaanxi Province.

Fu Feng stressed that the cooperation with Xi'an Eurasia University is not only a grand event of Yan'an University, but also a beneficial practice of realizing inter-university collaboration in talent cultivation. Inter-university cooperation is an effective way for Yan'an University to promote the reform of the talent cultivation mode and facilitate the balanced, high-quality and harmonious development of professional education and teaching. It is also a practical need to achieve more characteristic and higher-level education for the university. Fu Feng hopes that in the future, both universities can take advantage of their respective resources and adhere to the principles of equality, mutual benefit, complementarity and common development to establish a long-term, close cooperative relationship and set an example for cooperation between public and private institutions.

Xie Tao introduced the transformation of Xi'an Eurasia University and the digital fiscal and tax transformation in the School of Accounting, and shared the efforts to rethink the construction mode of application-oriented majors in the school and to build the School of Industries and the faculty.

Wei Yuan shared the curriculum design and teaching results of the course "Innovative Thinking and Business Model" based on a "case + situational teaching" method from the perspective of innovative concept application in finance. Wei Yuan pointed out that business model innovation is the source of sustainable competitive advantages in the era of digital economy. Students can better adapt to the needs of enterprise innovation management and reform by broadening their horizons and improving their ability of innovative thinking. From the perspective of financial transformation in the era of digital economy, Zhao Huan shared the construction of the course "Financial Informatization Tools and Applications". On the basis of financial informatization tools, this course integrates the management reform brought about by digital transformation with the application of RPA in finance, the construction of the financial sharing center, etc. By virtue of informatization tools, the course helps students foster an awareness of informatization and the thinking of business-finance integration.

Xi'an Eurasia University has been at the first place in cuaa.net's list of private universities in the field of finance and economics for nine consecutive years. It is also one of the highest-level private universities of finance and economics in the Chinese mainland. Supported by the concepts of "intelligent finance" and "digital transformation", the development of the university's School of Accounting relies on industry co-construction, takes enterprise employment standards as the basis, and focuses on international development. Financial Management and Accounting have been approved as the first-class majors in Shaanxi. In addition, Xi'an Eurasia University has become the only private university in China that is accredited as a Gold Approved Learning Partner by virtue of its Accounting (ACCA) major, and it has won several other honors and qualification certificates. The university's education and teaching quality and talent training have been highly recognized by society and industry.

Yan'an University, named by Comrade Mao Zedong, is the first comprehensive university founded by the Communist Party of China. It is now a university jointly constructed by Shaanxi Provincial People's Government and China's Ministry of Education, a high-level university in Shaanxi, a first-tier university in the province, and a recommended university for outstanding graduates to pursue a master's degree without examination. The School of Economics and Management of Yan'an University has two first-level master's degree programs, namely Applied Economics and Business Administration, as well as seven disciplines and majors. The school aims to cultivate application-oriented and versatile economic management talent with a solid professional foundation, high comprehensive quality, great professional proficiency, and innovation and entrepreneurship spirits. The school has established a talent cultivation system from bachelors to masters, and gradually formed a school-running pattern that focuses on undergraduate education and highlights solid development of graduate education.

Before the signing ceremony, representatives of Yan'an University visited the campus of Xi'an Eurasia University and deeply felt its international, application-oriented education philosophy.

In the context of the transformation and reform of the major of Finance and Accounting in the digital intelligence era, the strategic cooperation between Xi'an Eurasia University and Yan'an University is expected to promote the integration and innovation of advantageous educational resources of both sides and yield more fruitful results.

(Contributed by Xue Zhenni, School of Accounting)