China's Communist Party opens fifth plenum

October 25, 2026 10:03 PM EDT

Paramilitary soldiers stand guard in front of the Great Hall of the People where the Chinese Communist Party plenum is being held in Beijing, November 12, 2013. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS)

BEIJING, Oct ‌26 (Reuters) - ​China's ​ruling Communist Party began ‌its fifth plenum on ⁠Monday in Beijing, ‌aiming to deliberate major ‌issues about "sustained advancement of full and ​rigorous party self-governance", state television ⁠CCTV said.

The plenary session, a ​secretive closed-door convention of the highest-ranking officials ​from the ‌party's Central Committee, runs until ⁠Thursday.

Analysts view the plenum as potentially ⁠the last major party ​gathering before its 2027 leadership reshuffle, offering President Xi Jinping ‌an opportunity to shore up ‌authority and ⁠enforce ideological ‌uniformity.

(Reporting by ​Liz Lee; Editing by Tom ‌Hogue)



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