China’s leaders laud the role played by the private sector
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PRESIDENT Xi Jinping said yesterday that China’s private sector has played a key role in bolstering economic growth, promoting innovation, creating jobs and improving people’s well-being over four decades.
He made the remarks in a congratulatory letter to the fifth national congress of self-employed individuals.
The private sector has witnessed a boom in growth since the policy of reform and opening-up was implemented 40 years ago and has become an important part of the economy.
At the end of 2017, there were 65.79 million individually owned businesses and 27.26 million private enterprises, employing 341 million people.
Private enterprises and individually owned businesses should carry forward entrepreneurship, stick to the real economy and carry out high-quality development, Xi said.
As the economy enters a new development era, the private sector should aim high. China is making more efforts to deepen supply-side structural reform, promote balanced development between regions, boost the real economy and push forward precise poverty alleviation.
Echoing Xi’s words, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang expected the private sector to make greater contributions to fostering new economic drivers and propelling industrial upgrades.
Li said in a written instruction that there should be stronger measures to build a sound business environment for the private sector, including less red tape, better services, and lower fees and taxes. The instruction said the government will protect property and other legitimate rights of private businesses.
The report to the 19th Communist Party of China National Congress noted the country will further develop its mixed-ownership economy and support the growth of private businesses.
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