Xi Jinping presides over a preparatory meeting for the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Beijing on Oct 15, 2022. (JU PENG/XINHUA)
The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is set to open at 10 am on Sunday amid global attention to the weeklong meeting — the nation's most important political event this year — during which the Party's road map for the next five years and beyond will be unveiled.
A preparatory meeting for the 20th CPC National Congress was held on Saturday afternoon at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Xi Jinping presided over the meeting.
A list of 22 members of the delegate credentials committee, a list of 243 members of the presidium of the congress and the agenda of the congress were approved at the meeting.
It was also approved at the meeting that Wang Huning will serve as secretary-general of the congress.
Xi Jinping delivers an important speech at the first meeting of the presidium of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Oct 15, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
The first meeting of the presidium of the congress was held shortly after the preparatory meeting. It approved a list of the presidium's 46-member Standing Committee and a report on the review of the delegates' qualifications by the credentials committee.
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According to the report, a total of 2,296 delegates have been elected from electoral units. After examination, all of the 2,296 Party delegates were eligible for the 20th CPC National Congress.
The report stated that the election of the delegates started in November 2021 with 99.5 percent of the Party members taking part. During the election process, all electoral units listened to suggestions from grassroots organizations as well as Party members.
The presidium of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China holds its first meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct 15, 2022. (HUANG JINGWEN/XINHUA)
The delegates are broadly representative of all the Party's members, according to the document.
During the presidium's meeting, 83 specially invited delegates, who will have the same rights as the delegates, were approved. A total of 508 nonvoting participants were also approved at the meeting. It also passed the draft of the electoral measures for the 20th CPC National Congress, which will be further discussed by the delegates.
All is now set for the 20th CPC National Congress, said Sun Yeli, the spokesman for the congress, at a news conference on Saturday.
The presidium of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) holds its first meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Oct 15, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
The 20th CPC Central Committee will hold its first plenary session after the congress is closed on Oct 22, Sun said. Members of the Political Bureau of the 20th CPC Central Committee will be elected at the first plenary session.
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Members of the new Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 20th CPC Central Committee, the Party's new top leadership, will meet Chinese and foreign journalists after the conclusion of the first plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, he added.
