JAKARTA - President Prabowo Subianto met eight top Indonesian entrepreneurs at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Thursday (6/3).

The entrepreneurs who attended the meeting were Anthony Salim (Indofood), Sugianto Kusuma (Agung Sedayu Group), Prajogo Pangestu (Barito Group), Boy Thohir (Adaro Group), and Franky Widjaja (Sinar Mas Group), Dato Sri Tahir (Mayapada Group), James Riady (Lippo Group) and Tomy Winata (Artha Graha Group).

During the meeting, Prabowo expressed his appreciation for the support from various  entrepreneurs for government programmes. ‘In a warm discussion, Prabowo expressed his appreciation for the support given by the  entrepreneurs,’ the Cabinet Secretariat wrote in an Instagram post on Thursday.

According to sources familiar with the meeting, Prabowo also discussed his flagship programmes, namely Makan Bergizi Gratis (MBG) to Danantara. On the other hand, this meeting was also referred to as the president's effort to restore market confidence.

Keep in mind, this step was also taken by Chinese President Xi Jinping. On several occasions, Xi Jinping aggressively held discussions with various figures ranging from entrepreneurs to academics, to deal with various economic issues.

Recently, Xi Jinping invited a number of CEOs on March 5, 2025. Starting from the CEOs of Huawei, BYD, Xiaomi, Alibaba, Tencent, to Deepseek. (KR/LM)