What’s the significance of Xi’s meeting with private enterprises?

(Reuters) – China’s President Xi Jinping has delivered a speech at a symposium on private enterprises attended by tech entrepreneurs including Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma, official media reported on Monday. There were no specific details about the symposium. Reuters reported last week that the symposium is aimed at boosting private-sector sentiment, and Xi was expected to encourage executives to expand their businesses domestically and internationally amid a deepening China-U.S. technology war. Here’s what people are saying about the meeting: GARY NG, SENIOR ECONOMIST FOR NATIXIS, HONG KONG: “Despite the rising opportunities in the case of DeepSeek, it is also about…