The Communist Party of China (CPC) will convene the third plenary session of its 20th central committee on July 15 in Beijing.
The plenum, which will primarily examine issues related to further comprehensively deepening reform and advancing Chinese modernization, will last until July 18, according to a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on Thursday.
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, chaired Thursday’s meeting.
The meeting decided to submit a draft decision on further comprehensively deepening reform and advancing Chinese modernization to the plenum for deliberation.
At the meeting, members of the Political Bureau were briefed on comments on the draft, which were solicited from both within and outside the Party. The draft will be updated after discussions at the meeting.
The draft has thoroughly analyzed the new situations and problems in advancing Chinese modernization and scientifically planned the overall arrangements for further deepening reforms, according to the meeting.
It was noted at the meeting that the draft serves as a programmatic document guiding deepening reform across the board on the new journey and demonstrates the resolve of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core to open up broad prospects for Chinese modernization through further deepening reform.
Elaborating on the goals and objectives of further reform, the meeting said China will complete building a high-standard socialist market economy by 2035.
The system and capacity for governance will be basically modernized, and socialist modernization will be basically achieved by 2035, it added.
