民营企业家从政是中国民主政治的一大进步记者:在今年“两会”上,来自民营企业的代表和委员受到越来越多的重视。十届全国政协委员中不仅增加了国企负责人,非公有制经济代表人士也远远超过了九届。前不久,3位民营企业家当选为所在省市的工商联会长,其中两位——徐冠巨、尹明善还分别当选为浙江省和重庆市政协副主席。这些都被人们看作民营企业家走上政坛的标志。张文中(全国政协委员、北京物美商业集团有限公司董事长):我想有两个原因促成了这种局面。第一,国家要强盛,经济繁荣是最基础的条件。经济要繁荣就要求我们有一批能引领时代发展的企业,需要有一批优秀的企业家来推动企业 Politics of Private Entrepreneurs is a Great Progress in China's Democratic Politics Reporters: In this year's “two sessions,” representatives and members from private enterprises are receiving more and more attention. Among the members of the Tenth CPPCC National Committee, not only the heads of state-owned enterprises have been increased, but the non-public sector economy representatives have also far exceeded the ninth session. Not long ago, three private entrepreneurs were elected governors and chiefs of their respective provinces and cities. Two of them, Xu Guanju and Yin Mingshan, were also elected vice chairmen of CPPCC Zhejiang and Chongqing separately. These are regarded as signs of private entrepreneurs embarked on the political arena. Zhang Wenzhong (CPPCC member, chairman of Beijing Wumart Co., Ltd.): I think there are two reasons for this situation. First, the country should be strong and its economy prosperous is the most basic condition. Economic prosperity requires that we have a number of enterprises that can lead the development of the times. We need a group of outstanding entrepreneurs to promote enterprises