Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Li Zhanshu, Wang Yang, Wang Huning, Zhao Leji and Han Zheng attend the seventh plenary session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), in Beijing, capital of China. The plenary session was held from Oct 9 to 12 in Beijing. --Photo Xinhua

CPC sets stage for historic 20th Congress

(China Daily/ANN) -- The four-day seventh plenary session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, which concluded in Beijing on Wednesday, decided that the Party’s 20th National Congress will open on Sunday, according to a communique issued after the meeting.
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, made an important speech at the meeting, which was attended by 199 members and 159 alternate members of the CPC Central Committee. Members of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and leading officials of related departments were also present in a nonvoting capacity.
The meeting, presided over by the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, analysed the current situation and tasks the nation is facing, discussed a number of major issues about upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era and building a modern socialist country in all respects, and made full preparations for the opening of the Party’s 20th National Congress, the communique said.
The upcoming 20th CPC National Congress is considered as crucially important, as the Party is expected to unveil its road map for the next five years and beyond, a key period for China to realise national rejuvenation and achieve its modernisation goals.
Entrusted by the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Xi delivered a work report at the meeting.
A report to be made by the 19th CPC Central Committee to the 20th National Congress, a work report of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection to the 20th National Congress, and an amendment to the Party’s Constitution were discussed and approved at the meeting. It was decided that the three documents will be submitted to the upcoming Congress for examination and deliberation, according to the communique.
The plenary session fully affirmed the work of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee since the sixth plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Committee last year.
The meeting’s participants reached the consensus that in the face of the complex and grave international landscape and arduous tasks in terms of ensuring the nation’s reform, development and stability, the Political Bureau united and led the whole Party, the armed forces and all the Chinese people to make significant achievements in advancing the various causes of the Party and State, the communique said.
While commending the accomplishments in coordinating COVID-19 response and socioeconomic development, improving people’s well-being, pushing for ecological conservation and exercising rigorous governance over the Party, the meeting’s participants highlighted the nation’s efforts in resolutely fighting secessionist attempts and foreign interference, and in properly coping with the risks and challenges arising from the Ukraine crisis.

(Latest Update October 14, 2022)