China sets date for top Communist Party meeting for first five-year plan since pandemic

China’s 14th five-year plan will lay out the blueprint for economic and social development targets for 2021-25

State media report says plenum will pass new working regulations of the Central Committee

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Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, October 25, 2019. The Fifth Plenum of the Nineteenth Party Congress will be held October 26-29. Photo: Reuters

Published: 8:04pm, 28 Sep 2020Updated: 11:33pm, 28 Sep 2020

Beijing has announced a date for its most important annual political meeting at which it will roll out a framework for its next five-year economic and social development plan.

“The meeting has decided that the Fifth Plenum of the Nineteenth Communist Party Congress will be held from October 26 to 29 in Beijing,” state news agency Xinhua reported on Monday evening.

The plenum will see a blueprint of the 14th five-year plan endorsed by hundreds of members of the party’s elite.

In addition to the next five-year plan for 2021-25, the conclave will also roll out a midterm economic strategy called the “2035 vision”, the Xinhua report said, citing decisions from Monday’s meeting by the Politburo, a 25-strong decision-making body of the party led by President Xi Jinping, who is also party general secretary.

The plenum is expected to be attended by more than 300 full and alternate members of the party’s Central Committee.

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