China’s Communist Party has launched one of the most ambitious private equity funds, focused on restructuring and reforming the party’s State-owned enterprises (SOE). The party is looking to spend 350 billion yuan ($52.5 billion) on the reform project, which will be used to pay for mergers, acquisitions, industrial upgrades, and “innovation.” See Also: Worn in China: Chinese wearable shipments soar in 2016 China’s government owns most of the critical infrastructure in the country, like mobile networks, electricity, and utilities.