China’s political elite gather for talks on Communist Party discipline
Summary
China’s Communist Party Central Committee has begun a four-day, closed-door meeting on strengthening party discipline and tackling corruption. The talks come as President Xi Jinping seeks greater compliance from officials and as China faces economic challenges and strained ties with the United States.Key Facts
- About 300 Central Committee members are attending the fifth plenum.
- The committee is discussing a draft policy on advancing “full and rigorous party self-governance,” according to Xinhua.
- Xi’s anticorruption campaign has removed thousands of officials over 14 years, including dozens of Central Committee members.
- Eight Central Committee seats are vacant, and 15 members are under investigation, according to the article.
- The meeting is expected to have the lowest turnout since Mao Zedong died in 1976.
- The campaign has also affected the military, with five of the seven members of the Central Military Commission toppled.
- The plenum could appoint new members to the military commission or change how the party controls the military.
- China is also grappling with weak domestic spending, a prolonged property-sector crisis, and difficult political and economic ties with the United States.
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