Internal Audit
The audit division of the company drafts an annual audit plan before the start of each year, and in accordance with the regulations of the competent authority, conducts general inspections and project inspections at least once a year for domestic business, financial, asset custody and information units, and at least once a year for other management units, Project inspections are conducted once; general inspections are conducted at least once a year for various operation centers and foreign business units; financial, risk management and legal compliance of subsidiaries are reviewed once every six months. In addition, a full-time staff is set up for the securities business to handle internal audit operations, and the Audit Office supervises and inspects once every six months. When conducting general inspections, the contents of the internal audit report will disclose the following items according to the nature of the inspected unit:
Review panel, comprehensive reviews, financial status, capital adequacy, operating performance, asset quality, equity management, management of board meeting operations, compliance with laws and regulations, internal control, related-party transactions, various business operations control and internal management, Customer data confidentiality management, information management, employee confidentiality education, consumer and investor rights protection measures, and self-checking and handling conditions, and evaluating them.
The business unit shall make improvements on inspection opinions or inspection deficiencies put forward by financial inspection agencies, accountants, internal audit units, and self-inspectors.