2025-02-18
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Now here's your host, Shane Bigham with you on this Tuesday, February 18, 2025.
You're listening to the Beijing Hour, coming to you live from the Chinese capital.
On today's program, the Chinese president has urged the country's private sector to seize opportunities and help drive China's modernization.
The American and Russian foreign ministers are meeting in Saudi Arabia to discuss fractured bilateral ties and the situation in Ukraine.
Israel is working on retrieving more hostages from Hamas, living and dead, as the conflict in Gaza reaches 500 days in business Local governments are introducing policy measures for China's private enterprises.
In sports, Barcelona takes the top spot in La Liga in culture and Entertainment, Chinese animation Nadja 2 debuts in the top three in Australia.
Now checking the day's top stories, Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on the country's private sector to seize opportunities in the new era and advance modernization.
He also shared his hopes and expectations for private entrepreneurs.
Private enterprises and entrepreneurs should embrace entrepreneurship and patriotism, focus on strengthening, optimizing and expanding their businesses while abiding by the law, promote common prosperity and be firm contributors to building socialism with Chinese characteristics and advancing Chinese modernisation.
The Chinese President was speaking as he met representatives from private owned, privately owned companies.
On Monday.
President Xi urged more support for the healthy and high quality development of the private economy.
He also pledged that the party and the country will ensure quality or equality for economic entities under all forms of ownership.
Senior executives from companies including Huawei, byd Xiaomi and Unitree Robotics presented their advice on the development of the economy.