Securities code: Beijing Urban-Rural Commercial (Group) Co.Ltd(600861) securities abbreviation: Beijing Urban-Rural Commercial (Group) Co.Ltd(600861) No.: Lin 2022008 Beijing Urban-Rural Commercial (Group) Co.Ltd(600861) commercial (Group) Co., Ltd
Announcement on re employment of accounting firm
The board of directors and all directors of the company guarantee that there are no false records, misleading statements or major omissions in the contents of this announcement, and bear individual and joint liabilities for the authenticity, accuracy and completeness of its contents.
Important:
● name of accounting firm to be renewed: Zhitong accounting firm (special general partnership).
1、 Overview of the proposed renewal of accounting firm
Beijing Urban-Rural Commercial (Group) Co.Ltd(600861) business (Group) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "the company" or "the company") held the 23rd Meeting of the ninth board of directors on March 17, 2022. The meeting deliberated and adopted the proposal of the company on renewing the appointment of Grant Thornton Certified Public Accountants (special general partnership) as the audit institution of the company in 2022. The independent directors of the company reviewed the proposal in advance and expressed independent opinions. The company's audit committee expressed its consent to the proposal. Grant Thornton Certified Public Accountants (special general partnership) (hereinafter referred to as "Grant Thornton") is the auditor of the company's accounting statements from 1994 to 2021 and the auditor of internal control from 2013 to 2021. In the audit services provided to the company, they are able to fulfill their duties and follow the independent, objective and fair practice standards. In order to maintain the continuity of audit work, the company plans to renew the appointment of Zhitong Certified Public Accountants (special general partnership) as the company's audit institution in 2022, with an audit fee of 970000 yuan (including 670000 yuan for annual financial statements and 300000 yuan for internal control audit).
2、 Basic information of the accounting firm to be renewed
(I) institutional information
1. Basic information
Name of accounting firm: Zhitong accounting firm (special general partnership).
Date of establishment: established in 1981, [industrial and commercial registration: December 22, 2011].
Registered address: 5th floor, Saite square, No. 22 Jianguomenwai street, Chaoyang District, Beijing.
Chief partner: Li Huiqi
Practice certificate issuing unit and serial number: Beijing Municipal Bureau of finance no.0014469.
By the end of 2021, Zhitong has more than 5000 employees, including 204 partners, 1153 certified public accountants, and more than 400 certified public accountants who have signed the audit report of securities service business.
The business income of Grant Thornton in 2020 was 2.196 billion yuan, including 1.679 billion yuan from audit business and 349 million yuan from securities business. In 2020, there were 210 audit clients of listed companies, mainly in manufacturing, information transmission, software and information technology services, wholesale and retail, real estate, transportation, warehousing and postal services, with a total charge of 279 million yuan; In 2020, the audit fee of listed companies was 322236 million yuan; The company has 8 audit clients of Listed Companies in the same industry / companies listed on the new third board.
2. Investor protection ability
Grant Thornton has purchased occupational insurance with a cumulative compensation limit of 600 million yuan, and the purchase of occupational insurance complies with relevant regulations. By the end of 2020, the occupational risk fund was 104351 million yuan.
No civil liability shall be borne for the civil litigation related to the practice behavior concluded by Grant Thornton in recent three years.
3. Integrity record
In the past three years, Grant Thornton has been subject to criminal punishment 0 times, administrative punishment 1 time, supervision and management measures 8 times, self-discipline and supervision measures 0 times and disciplinary punishment 1 time for its practice behavior. In recent three years, 20 employees have been subject to criminal punishment 0 times, administrative punishment 1 time, supervision and management measures 9 times, self-discipline and supervision measures 0 times and disciplinary punishment 1 time.
(II) project information
1. Basic information
Project partner: Si Weiku, who became a certified public accountant in 2014, began to audit listed companies in 2005 and began to practice in the exchange in 2005. In recent three years, he has signed 4 audit reports of listed companies and 2 audit reports of companies listed on the new third board.
Signed CPA: Shi Shuying, who became a CPA in 2016, began to audit listed companies in 2014 and began to practice in the exchange in 2017. In recent three years, she has signed 0 audit reports of listed companies and 0 audit reports of companies listed on the new third board.
Reviewer of project quality control: Liang Yinan, who became a certified public accountant in 2014, began to engage in the audit of Listed Companies in 2005 and began to practice in the Institute in 2005; In recent three years, three audit reports of listed companies and one audit report of companies listed on the new third board have been signed.
In recent three years, two audit reports of listed companies and three audit reports of companies listed on the new third board have been reviewed.
2. Integrity record
Si Weiku, the project partner, Shi Shuying, the signing certified public accountant, and Liang Yinan, the reviewer of project quality control, have not been subject to criminal punishment for their professional behavior in recent three years, administrative punishment, supervision and management measures and self-discipline measures by the CSRC, its dispatched offices and industry competent departments, and self-discipline measures and disciplinary measures by self-discipline organizations such as stock exchanges and industry associations.
3. Independence
There are no circumstances that may affect the independence of Grant Thornton and the project partner Si Weiku, the signing certified public accountant Shi Shuying and the project quality control reviewer Liang Yinan.
4. Audit fees
The audit fee for this period is 970000 yuan (excluding the transportation, board and lodging expenses during the audit period), including 670000 yuan for the audit of financial statements and 300000 yuan for the audit of internal control. The audit fee is determined through negotiation according to the business scale and distribution of the company, and there is no change compared with the previous period.
3、 Procedures to be performed by the accounting firm to be reappointed
1. On March 17, 2022, the company held the 23rd Meeting of the 9th board of directors, which deliberated and approved the proposal of the company on renewing the appointment of Zhitong Certified Public Accountants (special general partnership) as the audit institution of the company in 2022 (for details, see the announcement of the resolution of the 2nd and 13th meetings of the 9th board of directors, Announcement No.: Lin 2022005).
2. Prior approval and independent opinions of independent directors on the renewal of the accounting firm
Prior approval opinion of independent directors: the review procedure of the company's proposed renewal of the accounting firm complies with the provisions of relevant laws, regulations and the articles of association. Grant Thornton Certified Public Accountants (special general partnership) has rich experience in the audit of listed companies. During its tenure as the company's audit institution, during the audit of financial statements and other special audits, it adhered to the independent audit with a fair and objective attitude, better fulfilled the responsibilities and obligations of external audit institutions, and was able to provide true and fair audit services for the company, Meet the requirements of the company's financial and internal control audit in 2022.
The company will not damage the interests of the company and shareholders, and there is no situation that damages the interests of minority shareholders.
After review, the independent directors believe that Zhitong Certified Public Accountants (special general partnership) is qualified to engage in securities business. During his tenure as the company's audit institution, he followed the independent audit standards for Chinese certified public accountants, was diligent and conscientious, and fairly and reasonably expressed independent audit opinions. It is agreed to continue to employ Zhitong Certified Public Accountants (special general partnership) as the company's audit institution in 2022 for one year. And agreed to request the general meeting of shareholders to authorize the management to determine its annual audit fee according to the specific workload and market price level of the audit in 2022. The audit fee is 970000 yuan (including 670000 yuan for the audit of annual financial statements and 300000 yuan for the audit of internal control). It is agreed to submit the proposal on the renewal of the company's audit institution in 2022 to the general meeting of shareholders for deliberation.
3. The audit committee of the board of directors of the company carefully reviewed the relevant certification documents, personnel information, business scale, investor protection ability, independence and integrity of Zhitong Certified Public Accountants (special general partnership), supervised and evaluated its audit work in 2021, and believed that the Institute followed independent, objective and fair professional standards to objectively, fairly and fairly reflect the financial situation of the company Operating results, earnestly fulfilled the responsibilities of the audit institution, and better completed all the work entrusted by the company. It is agreed that the board of directors of the company intends to continue to appoint the Institute as the audit institution of the company in 2022 for one year. At the same time, the board of directors is requested to authorize the management and Grant Thornton Certified Public Accountants (special general partnership) to agree that the audit fee for 2022 is RMB 970000 (including the annual financial statement audit fee of RMB 670000 and the internal control audit fee of RMB 300000).
4. This proposal needs to be submitted to the general meeting of shareholders for deliberation and approval, and will take effect from the date of deliberation and approval by the general meeting of shareholders of the company. 4、 Documents for future reference
1. Resolutions of the 23rd Meeting of the 9th board of directors of the company;
2. Prior approval opinions of independent directors on the company's renewal of accounting firm;
3. Independent opinions of independent directors on relevant matters in 2021;
4. Written review opinions of the audit committee of the board of directors of the company.
It is hereby announced.
Board of directors of Beijing Urban-Rural Commercial (Group) Co.Ltd(600861) commercial (Group) Co., Ltd
March 19, 2022
