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BEIJING, July 21-- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday urged efforts to spur the vitality of market entities and promote entrepreneurship, as he chaired a symposium with entrepreneurs. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, called for more efforts to enable enterprises to play a bigger role and achieve greater development. Also attending the symposium were Wang Yang, Wang Huning and Han Zheng, all members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. At the meeting, seven entrepreneurs shared their opinions and made suggestions on the current economic situation, the protection of market entities, sci-tech innovation, deepening reform and the 14th five-year plan. Xi interacted with them and made an important speech afterward. "Through joint efforts of the whole nation, China has achieved significant strategic results in epidemic prevention and control, while its economy reported stable performance with signs of improvements," Xi said. China has been at the forefront of both epidemic prevention and control and economic recovery, and the situation is better than expected, Xi said. Xi called for efforts to boost confidence and rise to challenges, amid endeavors to make up for the losses caused by the epidemic and strive for good results in economic development throughout the year. | 
