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CPC to convene 18th National Congress Nov 8
By Xinhua - Global Times Source:Global Times - Agencies Published: 2012-9-29 0:55:00
Gardeners decorate flowerbeds in Suining, Southwest China's Sichuan Province on Friday to greet the upcoming 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, which will be held on November 8 in Beijing. Photo: CFP
The 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is proposed to convene on November 8 in Beijing.
The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee decided at a meeting on Friday to submit the proposal to the seventh plenary meeting of the 17th CPC Central Committee, which will be held on November 1.
The Political Bureau meeting, presided over by Hu Jintao, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, studied the preparatory work for the November meetings.
Participants at the meeting also reviewed the draft work report of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection to be submitted to the upcoming Party congress.
Participants at the meeting emphasized that the congress comes at a critical time when China is building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, and deepening reform and opening-up and accelerating the transformation of economic development pattern.
A new CPC Central Committee and a new Central Commission for Discipline Inspection will be elected at the congress.
All preparatory work for the congress is going smoothly at present and preparations should be continued to ensure a successful congress, according to discussions at the meeting.
The meeting approved the draft work report of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection for submission to the Party's 18th National Congress. It will be discussed at the seventh plenary meeting of the 17th CPC Central Committee.
A total of 2,270 delegates have been elected to represent the country's 82 million Party members at the upcoming congress.
According to the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, the CPC has elected more younger and grass-roots delegates to the congress.
About 30.5 percent of the elected delegates are from the grass-roots level, up 2.1 percentage points from the previous congress in 2007
The elimination rate in the multi-candidate election reached over 15 percent nationwide, higher than the two previous congresses.
Xinhua - Global Times
The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee decided at a meeting on Friday to submit the proposal to the seventh plenary meeting of the 17th CPC Central Committee, which will be held on November 1.
The Political Bureau meeting, presided over by Hu Jintao, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, studied the preparatory work for the November meetings.
Participants at the meeting also reviewed the draft work report of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection to be submitted to the upcoming Party congress.
Participants at the meeting emphasized that the congress comes at a critical time when China is building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, and deepening reform and opening-up and accelerating the transformation of economic development pattern.
A new CPC Central Committee and a new Central Commission for Discipline Inspection will be elected at the congress.
All preparatory work for the congress is going smoothly at present and preparations should be continued to ensure a successful congress, according to discussions at the meeting.
The meeting approved the draft work report of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection for submission to the Party's 18th National Congress. It will be discussed at the seventh plenary meeting of the 17th CPC Central Committee.
A total of 2,270 delegates have been elected to represent the country's 82 million Party members at the upcoming congress.
According to the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, the CPC has elected more younger and grass-roots delegates to the congress.
About 30.5 percent of the elected delegates are from the grass-roots level, up 2.1 percentage points from the previous congress in 2007
The elimination rate in the multi-candidate election reached over 15 percent nationwide, higher than the two previous congresses.
Xinhua - Global Times
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