The 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China convened its fourth plenary session from Oct 20 to Oct 23. Participants deliberated and adopted the central committee's recommendations for ...

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ALL China’s plenums are consequential. But some are more consequential than others. Amid underwhelming macro data, slowing domestic economic growth and quickening tensions with the US, the Fourth ...

As China prepares to unveil its next five-year plan on Thursday, the mouthpiece of the country’s ruling Communist Party has styled the nation’s socialist system as a source of strength that powers the ...

The Chinese Communist Party is holding its Fourth Plenum meeting in Beijing—the most important Party meeting of the year. Jonathan Czin of the Brookings Institution explains why China’s Fourth Plenum ...

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s China Brief. Last Friday, China’s Ministry of National Defense announced the expulsion of nine top military leaders from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) due to “serious ...

China's top leaders are convening for a crucial four-day plenum to finalize the 2026-2030 five-year plan. Amidst US trade tensions, the meeting will shape economic and tech policies, focusing on ...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is convening a key political meeting this week where he will push forward his next five-year strategy to strengthen the world’s second-largest economy in the face of mounting ...

The elite Central Committee of China's ruling Communist Party will hold a closed-door meeting from Monday to Thursday to discuss, among other things, the country's 15th five-year development plan. The ...

Chinese policymaking does not run on election cycles; it runs on planning cycles. Since 1953, inspired by the Soviet Union, the Chinese Communist Party has issued fourteen Five-Year Plans (FYPs) to ...

Explainer-China's Communist Party Holds a Plenum on Its Next Five-Year Plan. What Does It Mean? (Reuters) -The elite Central Committee of China's ruling Communist Party will hold a closed-door meeting ...

A man rides a scooter past a giant screen showing news footage of Chinese President Xi Jinping attending a Chinese Communist Party politburo meeting, in Beijing, China December 9, 2024.