The American Institute of CPAs and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (AICPA & CIMA) recently held the 2025 CGMA Accounting Educator Awards.

Professor Chen receives the Global champion for his project, "AI-Driven Accounting Education". [Photo/en.xmu.edu.cn]

Professor Chen Yasheng from School of Management, Xiamen University (XMU), was honored Global Champion of CGMA Digital Transformation Award for his project "AI-Driven Accounting Education", standing out among more than 530 submissions worldwide.

The award represents the highest honor of this year's CGMA Accounting Educator Awards.

The CGMA professional qualification, jointly issued by AICPA & CIMA, is one of the world's most prestigious credentials in management accounting. The 2025 awards featured five categories, with the Digital Transformation Award dedicated to educators who have made groundbreaking contributions to advancing digital innovation in accounting education.

The judging panel emphasized that the award values not only educators' ability to integrate digital technologies, but also their forward-looking approach to reshaping students' learning and development paths through innovative educational models.

Title slide of Professor Chen's project. [Photo/en.xmu.edu.cn]

Professor Chen's "AI-Driven Accounting Education" focuses on the development of an AI accountant. It establishes a full-cycle training model linking classroom learning, practical creation, and workplace application, systematically cultivating AI accountants for the future.

Students learn the principles of large language models, then design and deploy AI agents capable of handling professional tasks such as bookkeeping, budgeting, and auditing.

This innovative approach enables students to evolve from mere technology users into designers of AI solutions and managers of human-AI collaboration, offering a new paradigm for talent development in the digital transformation of the accounting profession.