pretty big news today Xi chaired a conference with some of the biggest corporate leaders in China. some interesting details:
1. the meeting is ran by Wang Huning, that in itself is no surprise because Wang's job as the consultative chairperson is to liaise with non-party groups. But for him to have ran such a high profile conference itself shows that this guy still wields a lot of influence.
Forget about Xi, Wang Huning is the real old monster there lol.
He is
the leading ideologist/theorist, the guy has lived through all Chinese administrations I can remember, not kidding. If my memory doesn't fail me, he caught the attention of Jiang Zemin and has somehow managed to last (and still going) all the way through Xi's administration.
Undoubtedly, Wang commands high influence but he is also very cautious politically. Find me another guy who managed to last decades without being retired, replaced or being investigated for corruption..
2. notice where Ren Zhengfei and Wang Chuanfu sits, and where Jack Ma sits, and that the latter's name is not even mentioned.
Indeed. Ren and Wang are both model entrepreneurs. That's the kind of private sector that Xi likes and wants to have.
Whereas Jack Ma, is the kind of private sector that he and the whole Party hates. Little wanna-be-oligarch should thank his lucky stars that he is still free to walk around
In any case, the statements by Xi are quite significant.