Fifth plenum gets under way in Beijing

The Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Communist Party of China Central Committee opened today in Beijing.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, delivered a work report on the meeting, and briefed the participants about the draft proposals of the 19th CPC Central Committee on formulating the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) for Economic and Social Development and targets for 2035 — a top-level policy blueprint for China's mid- and long-term development.