Deloitte sees key role for its China operations

Major global audit and advisory firm Deloitte is expecting China to become one of its strongest markets in terms of business growth across its global network over the next five years, with a focus on technological opportunities, according to its global chief executive.

"Besides strengthening core capabilities from an advisor's standpoint, Deloitte is also focusing on and making big investments in orchestrating the ecosystems around artificial intelligence, big data, smart cities and other high-tech areas," Punit Renjen, the first Asian global CEO of Deloitte, told China Daily during an interview in Shenzhen on Wednesday.

Deloitte entered the Chinese market in 1917 and has around 16,000 employees throughout the country today, delivering a full range of audit and assurance, consulting, financial advisory, risk advisory and tax services.