The biggest complaint I've heard about the Chinese president is his inconsistency: nobody can figure out what he's actually for, and this article only highlights that fact: "The Party and the state firmly uphold and improve China’s basic socialist economic system, ensuring the consolidation and development of the public sector while unwaveringly encouraging, supporting, and guiding the development of the non-public sector. " What does this mean? In a finite universe, you can't support both the state and non state actors, so this amounts to nothing more than empty verbiage, with no indication as to what will actually be promoted.
Same with these: "He urged them to strengthen their enterprises by focusing on core industries and improving their competitiveness, enhance innovation and transform their business models to drive sustainable growth, and contribute to technology innovation, rural revitalization, regional economic coordination, and social well-being. " So both "strive for profit" and "strive for social well-being"? Surely these are somewhat contradictory, and a business cannot both be run for profit and run for social wellbeing simultaneously.
How can you run a business in China when the government itself cannot decide if it wants you to make money or not?
The biggest complaint I've heard about the Chinese president is his inconsistency: nobody can figure out what he's actually for, and this article only highlights that fact: "The Party and the state firmly uphold and improve China’s basic socialist economic system, ensuring the consolidation and development of the public sector while unwaveringly encouraging, supporting, and guiding the development of the non-public sector. " What does this mean? In a finite universe, you can't support both the state and non state actors, so this amounts to nothing more than empty verbiage, with no indication as to what will actually be promoted.
Same with these: "He urged them to strengthen their enterprises by focusing on core industries and improving their competitiveness, enhance innovation and transform their business models to drive sustainable growth, and contribute to technology innovation, rural revitalization, regional economic coordination, and social well-being. " So both "strive for profit" and "strive for social well-being"? Surely these are somewhat contradictory, and a business cannot both be run for profit and run for social wellbeing simultaneously.
How can you run a business in China when the government itself cannot decide if it wants you to make money or not?