Auditor-in-Chief, National Audit Office, People's Republic of China
Dr. Sun Baohou is the auditor-in-chief of the National Audit Office of China (CNAO). In 1987, he received his Ph.D. in economics from Xiamen University and started his career with the CNAO. Since then, he has served in several departments including the Department of Foreign Funds Application Audit, Audit Research Institute, and Law Department. Dr. Sun has acquired other professional designations including senior auditor, researcher, and certified public auditor (non-practicing). He is also an active researcher in the field of government auditing and has published numerous books and articles. In summer 2006, Dr. Sun joined the fifth executive program of China’s Leaders in Development (CLD) held by the Harvard Kennedy School. After this program, he produced a case study titled “Why Private Coffers are Rampant,” which was published in the book Good Governance in China – A Way Towards Social Harmony. While at the Ash Institute in fall 2009, his research will focus on history of auditing and the relationships between federal and state auditing institutions in the United States.