{"id":143909,"date":"2012-09-28T04:03:25","date_gmt":"2012-09-28T11:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=143909"},"modified":"2012-09-28T05:40:13","modified_gmt":"2012-09-28T12:40:13","slug":"18th-party-congress-to-begin-november-8th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2012\/09\/18th-party-congress-to-begin-november-8th\/","title":{"rendered":"18th Party Congress to Begin November 8th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Xinhua reports that the long awaited<\/a> 18th National Congress of the CCP is to start on November 8th<\/a>,\u00a0marking the beginning of China’s once-a-decade leadership transition.<\/p>\n

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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 Nov. 1.<\/p>\n

The Political Bureau meeting, presided over by Hu Jintao, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, studied the preparatory work for the November meetings.<\/p>\n

Participants of the meeting also reviewed the draft work report of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection to be submitted to the upcoming Party congress.<\/p>\n

[\u2026] A new CPC Central Committee and a new Central Commission for Discipline Inspection will be elected at the congress, according to the meeting.<\/p>\n

All preparatory work for the congress is going smoothly at present and preparations should be continued earnestly to ensure a successful congress, according to the meeting.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The news was released, by no mere coincidence, alongside the announcement that Bo Xilai has been expelled from the Party and will now face criminal prosecution<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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