This year, the symposium for the special issue of China Journal of Accounting Research (CJAR) will be held in the beautiful city of Suzhou on April 25 and 26. As researchers in China and abroad have been doing empirical accounting research on China topics for more than fifteen years, it is time that we pause, reflect and rediscover accounting research in China. We also want to use this opportunity to discuss problems and challenges that we have encountered and the best ways to promote authentic China research that is consistent with China’s rapid economic development and global stature. We promise a very exciting symposium and a lively exchange of thoughts. We call for paper submissions to this symposium. We will entertain all China themed studies in the forms of theoretical models, empirical analyses and thought pieces. Papers accepted to the symposium will be considered as submissions to CJAR with authors’ consent. However, they will still go through the regular CJAR review process.