5. Symposium on private enterprises

During a symposium on private economy held on Nov. 1, President Xi Jinping said that China would support and guide the non-public sector to develop on a broader stage.

Xi, also the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, stressed that the non-public sector's status and function in the country's economic and social development have not changed. The principle and policies to unswervingly encourage, support and guide the development of the non-public sector have not changed, and the principles and procedures to provide a sound environment and more opportunities to the sector have not changed either.

He proposed policies and measures in six aspects to inject greater impetus to the development of private enterprises.