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Pritzker is leading a three-city trade mission
to China, focused largely on green industries, to boost business
links despite friction over issues including high-tech exports
and cybersecurity regulations.
"We work to expand access to broadband and to protect a free and
open Internet, which is absolutely a necessity for any firm in
the 21st century, for them to be successful," Pritzker said at
the China Executive Leadership Academy Pudong, a state-run
training school for up-and-coming Communist leaders.
The audience comprised about 60 mid-level officials from
state-owned banks, brokerages, companies or other bodies on a
short-term training course at CELAP's swanky, 10-year-old
campus, focused on deepening financial reforms.
"You have a very important role to play, to ensure that
government is working as a catalyst and enabler rather than a
barrier to entrepreneurship," Pritzker said.
Despite efforts to encourage and assist start-ups, the Chinese
government has struggled to provide a genuinely supportive
environment, venture capitalists and other investors say.
Intellectual property protection, policies to promote
competition and access to capital have been chronic problems.
The government also aggressively censors the internet. Business
groups, including the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai,
have reported frustration among executives over the
inaccessibility of many websites and slow internet speeds.
(Reporting by John Ruwitch; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)
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