The Central Committee is the largest of the party’s top decision-making bodies, and it typically holds seven plenums between congresses, with the fifth traditionally deliberating on five-year plans.

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The much-anticipated policy meeting, scheduled for Monday to Thursday, is a major gathering of the top members of the ruling Communist Party of China that typically happens only once every five years.

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(Bloomberg) -- The most important meeting of China’s 2025 political calendar is just around the corner. The so-called fourth plenum, scheduled to take place from Oct. 20 to 23, will gather hundreds of ...

As the third plenary session of the 20th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee will be convened on Monday, the world is watching how the pivotal gathering, also known as the third plenum, ...

China’s ruling Communist Party has started its third plenum with tightened security measures in Beijing as it charts China’s economic and social development direction for the next decade. The main ...

The third plenum of the Communist Party of China has been a landmark event since Deng Xiaoping’s groundbreaking reforms in 1978. As China’s snowballing debt tips the scale, is a fiscal solution in the ...