On December 18, 2020, the opening ceremony and thematic forum of the 1st cohort of the Master of Science in Accounting and Finance with AI and Fintech Applications Program jointly organized by Beijing National Accounting Institute and the City University of Hong Kong was successfully held at BNAI.

The MScAF Program is oriented to industry development and market demand. By providing international first-class curriculum resources and faculty with both theoretical basis and practical ability, and closely following the characteristics of cross-disciplinary and frontier fields, the program aims to cultivate professional talents for industrial development.

In the forum session, experts and scholars from Beijing National Accounting Institute, City University of Hong Kong, Deloitte and Touche, etc. delivered speeches on topics covering "National Security Strategy and Technology Application Security," "Innovative Development and Trends of Financial Technology," etc. to explore the development path and direction of China's finance and technology in the era of digital economy.