CGTN Europe interviewed Zhang Zhiwei, President & Chief Economist at Pinpoint Asset Management
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00:00Zhang Chiwei is the president and chief economist at Pinpoint Asset Management in Hong Kong.
00:07Yeah, I think it's very important, right?
00:09So it provides a legal framework to protect the private entrepreneurs.
00:14I think, you know, if in the past there were cases where, say,
00:19somebody posted nasty comments about a particular private company
00:22and damaged the reputation of those companies,
00:25and then it's hard to, you know, proceed and ask for compensation for those kind of behavior.
00:32Now, under the current framework, I think, you know,
00:35we'll probably see a lot of lawsuits down the road for that kind of behavior if that happens.
00:39So there are real consequences and real protection provided to the private entrepreneurs.
00:45I want to talk to you about the timing because it's been in the works for many, many months,
00:50but, of course, it's coming into effect within this swirl of tariffs and tensions.
00:57Does that make a difference?
01:00It does.
01:01I think the trade war, that risk of external tension,
01:08probably make this particular piece of legislation more urgent.
01:13Usually it takes a long time for a law like this to get passed,
01:16but this particular piece got approved much faster.
01:20And I think the trade war is certainly one factor in play.
01:25The other thing is probably the case of DeepSeek that really made it clear
01:31that the private entrepreneurs can make a big difference in terms of innovation
01:36and boosting productivity.
01:39And I think that made the leadership probably have, you know,
01:45even stronger conviction that this law need to be passed quickly.
01:49What we know so far is it's about changing the approach
01:53so that private enterprises are treated more similarly to state-owned enterprises.
01:59So let's talk a little bit about how it works
02:01because there are still things like financing and market access.
02:05Those barriers, they still need to be considered, don't they?
02:10Absolutely.
02:11I think, you know, that's one important part of the law
02:14that, you know, people have been talking about, you know,
02:17different treatment for private entrepreneurs
02:22and state-owned enterprises in the past for many, many years.
02:26Now, this piece of legislation will help to sort of provide,
02:31hope to guarantee that there is equal treatment, you know,
02:35access to credit, access to the market.
02:38And I think that will open many opportunities for private entrepreneurs.
02:43We'll see, I think, in the next few years,
02:45we'll probably see real progress in that front.
02:48You're talking about what happens in China as a place to do business.
02:52What signal do you think that this law does?
02:56What signal does it give to the rest of the world?
03:00Yeah, I think this sends a signal that the leadership now understand
03:07the importance of the private sector,
03:10that they need real legal protection
03:12so that they can play a bigger role consistently for the years to come,
03:19particularly in areas where the state-owned enterprises
03:22probably have limitations.
03:25I think this is opening up the market to the private entrepreneurs
03:30as well as, I think, for foreign investment.
03:33I think down the road,
03:34just general better environment for doing business
03:38for the private sector will also benefit the foreign investment.
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