China Communist Party central committee holds fifth plenary session in Beijing
The 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China convened its fifth plenary session in Beijing from October 26 to 29, 2026. The meeting was adopted on October 29, 2026.
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The source says 162 members and 117 alternate members of the Central Committee attended. Members of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and leading officials from relevant departments attended in a non-voting capacity.
Some primary-level colleagues and a number of experts and scholars serving as delegates to the 20th National Party Congress also attended in a non-voting capacity. The Political Bureau of the Central Committee presided over the session.
Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee, delivered an important address and gave explanatory remarks on the draft resolution. The Central Committee heard and discussed a report on the work of the Political Bureau, presented by Xi Jinping on behalf of the Political Bureau.
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It also deliberated and adopted the Resolution of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Certain Major Issues concerning Persevering with Full and Rigorous Party Self-Governance. At the session, the Central Committee fully affirmed the work of the Political Bureau since the fourth plenary session of the 20th Central Committee.
It said the Political Bureau had earnestly implemented the guiding principles from the Party's 20th National Congress and the plenary sessions of the 20th Central Committee. The session stated that the Political Bureau had adhered to the general principle of pursuing progress while ensuring stability.
It said the bureau had fully and faithfully applied the new development philosophy on all fronts and had implemented the Five-Sphere Integrated Plan and the Four-Pronged Comprehensive Strategy in a coordinated way. The session said the Political Bureau had balanced domestic and international imperatives, ensured both development and security, and delivered tangible results in high-quality economic development.
It also said work had advanced in socialist democracy and the rule of law, public communication and cultural work, people's wellbeing, ecological conservation, national security, and social stability. The session further said the Political Bureau had strengthened full and rigorous Party self-governance, modernized national defense and the armed forces, carried out work related to Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan, and pursued major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics.
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It said these efforts helped bring the 14th Five-Year Plan to a successful conclusion and put the 15th Five-Year Plan period off to a good start. The source says the Party also launched a study campaign on establishing and practicing the correct view of performance this year and celebrated the 105th anniversary of the Communist Party of China.
It says these occasions further harnessed the force of the entire Party and the whole nation forging ahead in unity. Looking back on the Party's journey since its founding, the Central Committee said the key to the Communist Party of China's success lies in its pursuit of communism, its dedication to lasting greatness for the Chinese nation, and its commitment to seeking happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation.
It said the Party has repeatedly emphasized self-governance, upheld truth and corrected errors, and relied on its own efforts and the support of the people to resolve its own problems. The session said the Party advanced Party building as a great project and then as a great new project during revolution, development, and reform, and made further progress in the new era since its 18th National Congress.
It said the Party found two answers to the question of how to escape the historical cycle of rise and fall: the people's oversight over government and the Party's self-reform. Participants gave a highly positive assessment of the Party's achievements in full and rigorous self-governance in the new era.
They said the Central Committee with Xi Jinping at its core had confronted what it described as weak, hollow, and watered-down Party leadership, as well as lax, superficial, and ineffective self-supervision and self-governance and other internal problems. The source says the Central Committee introduced the most stringent measures and made continuous efforts to tackle those issues.
It says the problem of lax and weak self-supervision and self-governance was addressed at the root, unhealthy tendencies were curbed, deep-seated problems were remedied, and serious dangers hidden within the Party, the state, and the military were removed. The session said these efforts brought historic achievements and transformations in the cause of the Party and the country.
It said the work of advancing full and rigorous governance over the Party in the new era had broken new ground in the self-reform of the century-old Party and helped the Party and the people seize the historic initiative in building a great party and a great country. The Central Committee said Xi Jinping and the leadership put forward new ideas, new thinking, and new strategies in response to major questions about what kind of long-term governing Marxist party should be built and how it should be built.
It said this gave rise to Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building, described as a major achievement in theoretical innovation and an important component of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. The session said there are now many favorable conditions for advancing full and rigorous Party self-governance, but also many new circumstances and issues.
It said profound changes in global, national, and Party conditions have made the Party's tasks in safeguarding China's sovereignty, security, and development interests, promoting reform and development, maintaining social harmony and stability, and preserving its advanced nature and integrity even more arduous. The source says the Party must understand the significance of persevering with full and rigorous self-governance from the strategic perspective of consolidating its long-term governing position and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
It says the Party must build confidence, maintain resolve, and adopt higher standards and more concrete measures to handle prominent problems in Party building. The session said the Party must uphold Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the Theory of Three Represents, and the Scientific Outlook on Development, fully implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and thoroughly study and apply Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building.
It said the Party Constitution should be the fundamental guide and that the Party's vanguard nature and centralized, unified leadership must be upheld. The source says the guiding principles for persevering with full and rigorous Party self-governance include serving the Party's missions and tasks, taking strengthening the Party politically as the overarching principle, exercising rigorous governance across the board, adopting a problem-oriented approach, upholding fundamental principles and breaking new ground, adhering to a top-down approach, and running the Party according to regulations.
It also says the session made systematic plans to strengthen Party spirit, strictly practice democratic centralism, cultivate high-caliber officials, improve organizational systems, tighten discipline, take coordinated action against corruption, refine oversight systems, and ensure self-supervision and self-governance responsibilities are fulfilled.
