CPC Central Committee to hold third plenary session from Feb. 26 to 28

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The third plenary session of the 19th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee will be held from Feb. 26 to 28 in Beijing, according to a decision made at a Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee meeting on Saturday.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting.

The plenum comes days before China's annual political season, known as the Two Sessions, including the first sessions of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) and the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).

The fifth session of the 12th National People's Congress opens at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 5, 2017. /Xinhua Photo

The first session of the 13th NPC – China's top legislature – will convene on March 5 to discuss revisions to the Chinese Constitution and elect new state leaders.

The first session of the 13th CPPCC – China's top political advisory body – will kick off on March 3, when representatives will offer proposals and insights for the government on running state affairs.

The CPC Central Committee held its second plenary session last month, during which it proposed to enshrine the Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era into the country's constitution, after it was included in the Party Constitution last October.

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Source(s): Xinhua News Agency