Soon after becoming the first Taiwanese to receive the "Outstanding International Accounting Educator Award" of the American Accounting Association (AAA), International Accounting Section (IAS) last year, Anne Wu, Chair Professor of the School of Business at National Chengchi University, has received another good news this year. She was awarded the American Accounting Association (AAA)’s 20th "Lifetime Contribution to Management Accounting Award", which is not only the first in Taiwan, but also the first scholar in Asia to receive this honor. Looking back in the past, most of these two awards were awarded to the scholars in famous American universities, such as Harvard, Stanford etc. The fact that Chair Professor Wu was able to win both awards at the same time surprised accounting scholars all over the world. In addition, among accounting scholars in the world, only two scholars have won these two honors at the same time—Professor Chee Chow, the enlightenment mentor of Professor Wu's management accounting research, and Professor Wu, which is incredible.

Although Vice President Lai was not present, he still sent a congratulatory message to thank Professor Anne Wu for her long-term dedication to management accounting, and affirmed her outstanding achievements in leading forward-looking thinking and promoting international exchanges and cooperation. Political Deputy Minister of Education, Mon-Chi Lio, congratulated in person and praised Professor Anne Wu for winning two international awards in a row. In addition, he also thanked the National Chengchi University for establishing the College of Global Banking and Finance, and looked forward to Professor Anne Wu leading the Industry-Academia Cooperation and assisting the Ministry of Education in promoting more policies.

"This is really a day worth celebrating." President Ming-Cheng Kuo praised Professor Anne Wu's international achievements in his speech, echoing the slogan of this year's National Chengchi University's celebration, "crème de la crème, 95 years of glory and fame!", which is truly the pride of Taiwan. In addition, President Kuo emphasized that the most difficult thing in education is to turning knowledge into a driving force in society, and " This is exactly what Professor Wu has done." He hoped that Professor Anne Wu will lead more Industry-Academia Cooperation in the future to bring more contributions to the society and the university. Ting-Wong Cheng, the former president of National Chengchi University and a well-known accounting scholar, also came to deliver a speech, congratulating Professor Anne Wu for her well-deserved award, and recalling the past moments of serving the school together. The spirit of complete devotion is truly admirable; he affirmed that "Indigo blue is extracted from the indigo plant, but is bluer than the plant it comes from", and won the warm applause of the guests present.

"Let's embrace hope and create Taiwan's second economic miracle together!" Professor Anne Wu expressed her gratitude to the guests present in her speech. She humbly said that this award represents everyone's honor in the world, and thank so much for all the support and encouragement along the way. Professor Anne Wu emphasized that she will repay her gratitude to the country, teachers, students and enterprises in the future definitely. She hopes that in the future, the world will see Taiwan's power and attract more people abroad to study Activity Value Management (AVM) at National Chengchi University, and tell the greatness of Taiwan to the world.

The "Lifetime Contribution to Management Accounting Award" is also given annually to one of the scholars in "management accounting" around the world who has made outstanding contributions to academic research, innovative teaching, practical application and international academic organizations of management accounting for a long time, and become a lifelong contributor to the world of management accounting. The winner of this award is undoubtedly a benchmark for international management accounting scholars. On January 8 this year, Anne Farrell, Chairman of the Selection Committee, gave a clear and detailed explanation of ten key points that made Professor Wu stand out in the fierce competition at the Video Awards Ceremony of AAA, MAS in the United States:
1. Abundant publications in journals: She has published 73 research studies in English and Chinese journals, 184 practice-oriented publications, 6 book chapters and 8 teaching cases.
2. Serving as editorial board member of foreign journals and won numerous awards: She has served editorial roles for 7 journals, won more than 60 awards at school, national and international levels, and was granted 6 trademarks and patents.
3. Founding the "Integrative Strategic Value Management Research Center": She founded the Integrative Strategic Value Management System Research Center, which provides innovative management accounting courses to more than a dozen universities and impacts the management accounting education for more than 1,500 students.
4. Founding Asian Pacific Management Accounting Research Symposium （AMARS）: She founded the Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Research Symposium (AMARS) that links management accounting scholars across Asia to others around the world.
5. Contributions to PhD students and research teams: She arranged visits to top universities for her PhD students, secured millions in grants for research teams.
6. Contributions to practice: She has worked with more than 31 industries, including for-profit, nonprofit organizations and government sectors to help them understand and implement management accounting systems. In particular, her innovative research: “Activity Value Management (AVM)” is like a magic wand in the hands of a magician. She commands alone and moves forward like a mighty army, so she has a profound and far-reaching influence on the industry.
7. The first management accounting scholar in Greater China to be in line with international standards: She was the first person in Greater China to do academic management accounting research in English, informing people around the world about management accounting in that region, and deeply influencing universities in Taiwan, China, and Hong Kong to begin evaluating faculties research performance based on publications in English rather than Chinese journals.
8. Promoting the education reform of management accounting: She has been promoting the improvement of management accounting education in Greater China for a long time. Her enthusiasm for the teaching of management accounting possesses the spirit of a religionist, who is devoted to education for all students without discrimination.
9. Influencing the thinking of others: In the truest sense Professor Wu has dedicated herself, her life, her time and her resources for the betterment of knowledge, and a real time impact on research, students, businesses, academia, education and national policies.
10. The one and only: Professor Wu has a unique charisma to shape the thinking of everyone she engages with. She is one of a kind, a great role model to many of us in every single respect.

The "Outstanding International Accounting Educator Award" awarded last year is mainly to select an accounting scholar from all over the world every year, who has made significant contributions in educational innovation, academic innovation, academic research and practice, and has cultivated and guided students with outstanding achievements. At the same time, actively participate in international professional activities and academic organizations, and set a model for international accounting educators. The chairman of the selection committee, Professor Wayne Thomas, praised at the award ceremony: "Over the past three decades, she has been the world's top management accounting scholar, and she is the perfect candidate for us to recommend this award. Overall, the recommenders strongly recommended Professor Wu, because we deeply feel her positive energy emanating from her aggressiveness, her enthusiasm for devoting herself to academic research and solving problems, and her passion for comprehensively assisting students. She spares no effort in participating in government policy, whether in academic research, teaching, and service, which has been a model of success.” Chair Professor Wu is the second recipient of the award in Asia and the first in Taiwan.

Chair Professor Wu has devoted her life to the innovation and development of management accounting. As Anne Farrell said at the award ceremony: “Professor Wu is the first scholar in Asia to receive the “Lifetime Contribution to Management Accounting Award”. Anne’s CV conveys her passion and enthusiasm for everything she does, and her energy leaps off the pages. This energy should also be evident because I believe it's 4am in Taipei.”