Politics
Communist Party opens fifth plenum on party discipline amid Xi's anti-graft purge
October 26, 2026 at 08:27 AM
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3 reports · over 7 hours
BNBBC News
China's big political meeting could see Xi 'tighten discipline' in Party
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AJAl Jazeera English
China’s political elite gather for talks on Communist Party discipline
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TGThe Guardian
Xi Jinping’s corruption crackdown in the spotlight as China prepares for meeting of top leaders
(opens the publisher’s site)The Communist Party's fifth plenum convened Monday for a four-day closed-door session on advancing "full and rigorous party self-governance."
- Roughly 300 Central Committee members are attending the closed meeting, expected to wrap up Thursday.
- The plenum will discuss a draft decision on advancing party self-governance, state media reported.
- Eight Central Committee seats are vacant and another 15 members are under investigation.
- Xi in January railed against "two-faced" officials who appear to comply with directives but "inwardly resist."