Key Communist Party plenum set for late October
A revamp of party members’ codes of conduct expected to be high on meeting agenda
The Communist Party on Tuesday announced the date for a key plenum late in October, with revamping decades-old codes of conduct for party members expected to be high on the agenda.
The Politburo, the party’s decision-making body, said after a meeting chaired by President Xi Jinping that the sixth Central Committee plenum would be held from October 24 to 27, Xinhua said.
The plenum comes amid reshuffles of provincial leaders ahead of a once-every-five-years party congress late next year, at which Xi is expected to cement his power.
A leadership reshuffle that will see five of the seven members of the Politburo Standing Committee step down is expected.
Xinhua reported in July that the two main themes for this year’s plenum would be revising a resolution on political conduct within the party, which was formulated in the Deng Xiaoping era, and amending a trial regulation on party internal supervision passed by the Central Committee in 2003.
Advice had been solicited on drafts of two documents, and the 25-member Politburo, with Premier Li Keqiang absent on overseas visits, heard the suggestions at yesterday’s meeting.