BEIJING: Top leaders of China’s ruling Communist Party will gather for a major meeting in October, state media said on Monday (Sep 21).
The fifth plenary session of the 20th Central Committee – an elite party body – will be held from Oct 26 to 29 in Beijing, state news agency Xinhua reported.
The dates were set on Monday at a meeting of the 21-member Politburo, chaired by President Xi Jinping, who is also party general secretary.
The closed-door meetings, known as “plenums”, of the Central Committee – composed of around 200 members – are held roughly once per year and typically affirm the party’s key policy objectives.
The October meeting will…
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