China’s Communist party will meet next month to deliberate revisions to the country’s state constitution that would mark the document’s first amendments since 2004.
In a brief dispatch, state news agency Xinhua said the 19th Central Committee, comprising the party’s 200 most powerful officials, would discuss unspecified constitutional amendments in January.
Analysts said any changes would probably be relatively routine, such as formally adding “Xi Jinping Thought” to the constitution’s preamble or paving the way for the merging of the state and party anti-graft bodies. But the announcement could also stoke speculation that Mr Xi will seek to end a two-term limit on the presidency.