China’s Communist Party Opens Fifth Plenum on Party Discipline

China’s Communist Party opened the fifth plenary session of its 20th Central Committee in Beijing on Monday morning, October 26, according to its official announcement. General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered a work report on behalf of the Political Bureau. He also explained a draft decision on strengthening party discipline and governance. A September 21 Politburo meeting chaired by Xi scheduled the gathering for October 26–29 and agreed to revise the draft following its discussions before submitting it to the plenum.