The 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) started its fourth plenary session in Beijing on Monday.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, delivered a work report on behalf of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and explained a draft document of the CPC Central Committee's decision on some major issues concerning how to uphold and improve the system of socialism with Chinese characteristics and advance the modernization of China's system and capacity for governance.

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Members of the CPC Central Committee will also hear a work report from the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee since the previous plenary meeting in February 2018. 

Topics of the past three fourth plenary sessions focused on building the Party's governance capacity, anti-corruption issues within the Party and the development of the rule of law. 

(With input from Xinhua)