From March 22 to March 25, the sixth Asia-Pacific EnterpriseM& A Simulation Contest was held at Taipei University, Peking University team did well in the competition. They have got three awards as the best acquisition program (The Best Deal), the best pleadings (The Best Proposal ), and the best M &A team runner-up (The Best Team) .Their performance got unanimous praise. Professor Liu Yan,from Peking UniversityLaw School,was the team leader and instructor and Jin Xueer (masterof law school from grade 2015) served as the captain. The team members include He Danfan (master of Law school from grade 2014),Xu Xiaochen (master of Guanghua School of Management from grade 2015),Shao Mingxiao(masterof law schoolfrom grade2015),Shi Shuming (undergraduate of Guanghua School of Management from grade 2012), and YangYaqiao (undergraduate of School of Economics from 2013). In the individual awards,Xu Xiaochen got the best performance award , and captain Jin Xueer won the best player award.

"Asia-Pacific M & A Simulation Contest" is an interdisciplinary knowledge contest between university,and wasinitiated by Taiwan Chengchi University in 2011. The aim is to offer an opportunityof cooperation and exchangefor students from legal and business managementareas,and to promote dialogue of practitioners and academia for the three places and the Asia-Pacific. The tournament lastsmore than one month and has attracteda total of 12 schools,including Tsinghua University, Renmin University of China, Shanghai Jiaotong University,Taiwan University, University of HongKong, National University ofSingapore, Singapore Management University.

The competition was divided into three groups as semiconductor wafers, industrial robots and department.Peking University on behalf of Hong Hai Precision (Foxconn Taiwan parent company) was against Taiwan University who represented the new pine robot (companies listed on GEM robot).Underthe support of the academy,the team started adequate preparationfrom mid-February this year and get successful conclusion of deals with its’rivals.Depending on accurate grasp of industry development opportunities,rational design of M & A framework and professional accounting valuation,The Peking University team finally achieved three awards, becoming the tournament winner.

Peking University team’s outstanding achievements not only benefited from the first-class teaching and research strength of Peking University,but also benefited from college’s attaching importance to practice andfine tradition of actively participate in tournament.The team was carefully guided by professor Liu Yan in the early preparation stage process.the last judge, Dr. Hong Weiqing who comes from China Securities Regulatory Commission postdoctoral workstation,andKPMG tax managerMs. Chen Yaligive technical guidance to the merger and acquisition plan.alumni Mr. Yang Wenqing, Mr. Li Shoushuang, Mr. Ji Wenhua and PH.D Li Min provided enthusiastic helpfrom different angles.

Congratulationsagain to Peking University,and hope PekingUniversity team performs better in the future!

Translated by: Gao Jian