November 14, 2025 8:24 AM
China’s Communist Party holds a plenum on its next five-year plan. What does it mean?
The elite Central Committee of China's ruling Communist Party will hold a closed-door meeting from Monday to Thursday to discuss, among other things, the country's 15th five-year development plan. The meeting, known as a plenum, is the fourth since the 2022 Party Congress. Here is what it all means: WHAT'S A PLENUM? The Central Committee is the largest of the party's top decision-making bodies, and it typically holds seven plenums between congresses, with the fifth traditionally deliberating ...
