As Apple and Facebook Chiefs Visit, Xi Jinping Vows Deeper Reform<br />SHANGHAI — Just days after being likened to a king by President Trump, President Xi Jinping of China on Monday reiterated his commitment to reform while holding court before a group of wealthy<br />and influential business leaders from his country and the United States.<br />He added that “China has and will continue issuing a series of measures to further open up.”<br />Mr. Xi’s professed his commitment to economic openness and reform nearly 10 days after he opened a Communist Party congress<br />that confirmed him as China’s leader for five more years.<br />The reception was one of Mr. Xi’s first public appearances with foreign visitors since a key Chinese Communist Party congress elevated him to the same exalted status as Mao Zedong, the country’s founding father,<br />and Deng Xiaoping, who led the country from 1978 until 1989.<br />Chinese diplomats have used past business summits to promote their country’s economic clout<br />and influence with American companies before testier meetings with United States leaders and diplomats.
