How the China communist party's relationship with business has evolved

 China is ruled from Beijing but it was here gathering at this very spot in Shanghai. That the communists began their push for power. 100 years on with around 90 million members. Some are still as fervent in their following this man checks a special app on the ideas current leader every morning.

How the China communist party's relationship with business has evolved

People: The first thing I do when I wake up is to answer the test questions of course it's meaningful so your mindset won't be loosened.

But China's communists have well how can you put it evolved. Well most have Xi Jinping has been China's Chief communist for almost a decade but the precise role of private enterprise and private money here is still uncertain take a look at shanghai's skyline it's littered with numerous examples of tall strong private companies but the government-controlled firms with their party links they're usually nearby the government are the communist party control key areas of industry here. But private firms are the vast bulk of enterprises now they create most new jobs. here's how the relationship works according to one businessman.

Qin Zelei (Ne-Commerce Entrepreneur): I feel the environment is very important because our party and the country feel that it is very safe. so we must be inseparable from the harm of any of the society in the process of starting a business right.

In short, the communist party wants business folk to get on with investing innovating, and expanding in return the companies though mustn't rock the boat they mustn't challenge party control. we tried to get more people to sit down with me and talk to us about doing business in china factory owner a very senior and well connected academic. But none would talk on camera or on the record the reason some are very well they fear they may put a foot wrong and upset this man. we encourage private enterprises to develop.

China's leader Xi Jinping knows that private business is key to economic growth. And keeping his communist party in control hence. This endorsement earlier this year. The party and the state will offer support and provide guidance when private enterprises have difficulties therefore private enterprises should strive to thrive bravely. Thrive yes but with the party thereto supervise almost half of the private firms now have a party as China's communists mark their centenary the recent struggles of this man tells you a lot about doing business in China. BBC news when I spoke to Jack Ma a few years back he was approaching the height of his power the Co-founder and boss of Alibaba the world's biggest retailer china's most famous business person a card-carrying party member but late last year a crackdown came from on high Alipay part of the Bank busting credit giant he founded was about to go public the government stopped it since then Ma has barely been seen in public his company had become too big too powerful a systemic threat the government said. In today's China Xi Jinping wants private business to thrive but only if it will help the party thrive a little bit.