China’s ruling Communist party has set a date for a policy meeting that reformists hope could yield new moves to liberalise the economy, although chances of more political openness seem less likely.
The third plenum of the 18th CPC Central Committee – in other words, the third time the Communist party’s 200 highest-ranking officials meet under the current leadership – will run from November 9 to 12, the Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday.
The third plenum is seen as a potentially crucial meeting for Xi Jinping, who formally became head of state in March, to lay out his policy objectives for what is expected to be his coming decade in charge of China.