beijing president xi jinping rule china mark muscular stance many areas corruption foreign policy investors business leaders hop nation powerful leader decades drive market reform gird disappointment gear second term hoped-for market liberalization increasingly view secondary xi state-centered approach economic policy focus stability communist party congress begin wednesday beijing expect see xi consolidate power unlikely see change priorities party spokesman tuo zhen tell reporters brief tuesday china persist open expand market access foreign executives analysts question whether kinds comment mean lot grind see market open come discipline control say one senior china-based american executive decline identify china state council information office refer question market reform country economic plan agency national development reform commission respond fax request comment chinese policy insiders say expect significant speed rush reform pace change change dramatically say one advisor chinese government speak condition anonymity xi sweep anti-corruption campaign move personally take charge economic policymaking initially see china analysts early sign would use consolidate power push tough reform entrench bureaucracies party 2013 pledge xi then-new administration let market play decisive role economy also give hope push reform many analysts business leaders see xi faith market tenuous 2013 reform pledge mere holdover predecessors lack follow-through past several years repeat state council vow open market world leave foreign businesses promise fatigue european union chamber commerce china put last month delay coincide passage raft new national security cyber security laws regulations china trade partner complain put disadvantage past 20 30 years economic development cost think see new paradigm national security dominant economic issue channel lens say jude blanchette study party conference board china center economics business beijing blanchette say true market reform xi second term would mean walk back much control fight acquire unlikely prospect painful reform many economists say need also move slowly xi include overhaul china debt-laden state sector fix fiscal system tackle local government debt bring new property tax ward house bubble allow farmers sell land freely capital control include restrictions outbound investment deal help stabilize yuan cost hamper china ambition internationalize currency chinese reform advocate say government avoid potentially disruptive change due concern economic social stability resistance vest interest powerful state-run company reform conflict keep accumulate risk even high could destroy prospect move forward say jia kang director china academy new supply-side economics beijing-based think tank 2015 xi espouse state-led supply side structural reform doctrine effort part tame explosion debt cut capacity heavy industries reduce risk bad bank loan xi tout continue robust economic growth government set 2017 gdp growth target around 6.5 percent look like close percent still reliant credit investment oppose sustainable consumption expand state control economy center key xi initiatives include make china 2025 plan funnel billions dollars robotics semiconductors industries deem strategic despite government talk year open restrict sectors overseas investment foreign business group express scepticism even u.s. president donald trump expect seek concessions american businesses plan visit beijing early november see equity cap lift 49 percent 50 percent high foreign bank see foreign insurance company able fully access market conversation five years ago say jacob parker vice president china operations u.s.-china business council xi also reassert state-owned enterprises soes command heights economy foreign experts chinese market point government efforts merge state company even large champion proof state vision reform necessarily mean increase use free market recent years beijing require state firm reassert communist party committees hold corporate decision-making 2015 blueprint soe reform make mention 2013 pledge decisive role market one senior western diplomat beijing tell reuters become increasingly clear top priority xi remain strengthen primacy party stability open come conflict priority argument stability tend win diplomat say china 's leaders gather market reform hop fade