What

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, elected by the National Congress of the Communist Party of China, convenes at least one plenary session every year.

When

Oct 26 - 29, 2015 

Who

Members of the CPC Central Committee, including members of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, attend the session.

The session will be presided over by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee.

Major Topics

Discussion of the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20)

The reshuffle of personnel

Major tasks

The economic development will be the central task, a people-centered approach will also be employed in the 2016-2020 plan, with the development of people's democracy, guarantees of social equity and justice through rule of law and encouragement for innovation.

The agreements coming out of the meeting include a regulation on clean governance and rules on sanctions of those who break party rules.

The plenary session will announce some candidates for a personnel reshuffle.

Previous sessions

After the 5th plenary session of the 15th CPC Central Committee, the major topic has been the review of the five-year plan, and the time of the meeting has been set in October, usually lasting for three to four days.

11th: Feb 23-29, 1980

Discussion and adoption of Principals about Intra-Party Political Life12th: Sept 24, 1985

Reshuffle of personnel

13th: Nov 6-9, 1989

Adoption of Decisions on Further Rectification and Deepening Reform by the Central Committee of the Communist Party

14th: Sept 25-28, 1995

Review and adoption of the 9th Five-Year Plan

15th: Oct 9-11, 2000

Review and adoption of the 10th Five-Year Plan

16th: Oct 8-11, 2005

Review and adoption of the 11th Five-Year Plan

17th: Oct 15-18, 2010

Review and adoption of the 12th Five-Year Plan

18th: Oct 26-29, 2015

Previous plenary sessions of the 18th CPC Central Committee

The first plenary session - Nov 15, 2012

A new Party leadership was elected, including the general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and the Political Bureau.

The second plenary session - Feb 26 to 28, 2013

The plenum adopted a list of candidates for State leadership positions and a government restructuring plan.

The third plenary session - Nov 9 to 12, 2013

The session adpoted Decision on major issues concerning comprehensively deepening reforms.

The Fourth plenary session - Oct 20 to Oct 23, 2014

The session focused on the rule of law, the first time it was adopted as the major topic of the sessions.