On May 10, 2013, IACVA President William Hanlin attended the International Conference jointly sponsored by WAVO and China Appraisal Society in Yichang, China.  The conference focused on” Valuation, Innovation and Development”.

At this conference, President Hanlin was invited to deliver the speech titled “Discount and Premium Issues in Business Valuation”. Inspired by his speech, he engaged heated discussion with many conference attendees afterwards. Subsequently, other speakers shared their challenges and triumphs in dealing with these issues in their daily work. Over 150 professionals from around the world participated in this one day conference. At the conference closing ceremony, Hanlin called upon young professionals to continue innovating in our field and the world community of valuation professionals to join hands in developing new theory, techniques and practices.

After the conference, WAVO members attended the Annual General Meeting in beautiful port city of Yichang, where the Three Gorges Dams are located.