What Does Xi’s Meeting With Entrepreneurs Mean for the Private Sector? (Michael Pettis, Carnegie China)

On Monday, February 17, Chinese President Xi Jinping set off a frisson of economic excitement by speaking at a high-level symposium of private sector entrepreneurs. The first meeting of its kind since 2018, it was attended by some of the leading lights of China’s technology and emerging sectors, with notable names including Huawei’s Ren Zhengfei, BYD’s Wang Chuanfu, Will Semiconductor’s Yu Renrong, Unitree Robotics’ Wang Xingxing, and Xiaomi’s Lei Jun.

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