Date set for China’s most important political event: the Communist Party congress
2017-09-01 08:45:46 source：South China Morning Post
August 31, 2017
China’s ruling Communist Party will convene its key five-yearly congress in Beijing on October 18 – about the same time in the year as the mid-term meeting 10 years ago.
The announcement of the meeting date suggests the party has largely reached consensus over changes to key positions in China’s leadership line-up for the next five years, although there could be some last-minute adjustments.
The congress is expected to see Xi Jinping re-elected as party general secretary for a second five-year term. He is also expected to put his own political philosophy in the party constitution at the autumn congress.
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