Xi Jinping presides over preparatory meeting for 20th CPC National Congress
Xi Jinping presided over a preparatory meeting for the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on the afternoon of October 15.
A total of 2,310 of the 2,379 elected and specially-invited delegates to the 20th CPC National Congress attended the meeting.
Participants at the meeting approved a list of 22 members of the delegate credentials committee and a list of 243 members of the presidium of the congress. It was approved that Wang Huning will serve as secretary-general of the congress. The establishment and tasks of the secretariat of the congress were also approved.
The agenda for the 20th CPC National Congress was set at the meeting. Delegates are expected to hear and examine a report of the 19th CPC Central Committee, examine a work report of the 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, deliberate and adopt an amendment to the Party Constitution, and elect the 20th CPC Central Committee and the 20th CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
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