The Finance Ministry's decision on Friday to impose fines on global auditing firm Deloitte & Touche LLP and China Huarong Asset Management Co Ltd shows that the country is placing greater emphasis on defusing financial risks and that auditing agencies will have to ensure their practices are more strictly monitored, experts said.

专家表示，财政部周五决定对全球审计公司德勤会计师事务所（Deloitte&Touche LLP）和中国华融资产管理有限公司（China Huarong Asset Management Co Ltd）处以罚款，这表明国家更加重视化解金融风险，审计机构必须确保其做法受到更严格的监控。

The ministry said in the statement that Deloitte & Touche LLP's Beijing office has been suspended for operation for three months, and has been fined 211.9 million yuan ($30.8 million).

教育部在声明中表示，德勤会计师事务所北京办事处已暂停运营三个月，并被罚款2.119亿元人民币（3080万美元）。

Chinese pharmaceutical and healthcare companies' investment appetites for overseas markets are expanding, according to a report by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.

Sharon said that Deloitte Global supports Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Deloitte's China presence, to fully accept and resolutely implement the administrative penalty that was handed down by the Ministry of Finance earlier this month, according to the news release.

She said Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu is ready to formulate and deliver a plan for rectification and improving audit quality.

The Ministry of Finance announced on March 17 that it was suspending the operations of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd's Beijing office for three months and imposed a 212 million yuan ($30.8 million) fine over lapses in its auditing work on China Huarong Asset Management Co. zhangyue@chinadaily.