
High absenteeism rate and promotion to the Politburo
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The plenum is an annual meeting of the party elite. It is preparing the party congress next autumn.
The Central Committee of the Communist Party is meeting this year for the fifth plenum - an annual gathering of the party elite. This year's plenary session is one of the last major party meetings before the CP party congress, which is expected for autumn next year and is expected to result in important personnel decisions.
The Central Committee meeting recorded the highest rate of absenteeism since Mao's time. This underscores the scale of President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign and broader political upheaval.
The Communist Party also announced a promotion. The deputy chairman of China's Central Military Commission, Zhang Shengmin, is promoted to the ruling Communist Party's Politburo - the party's top decision-making body. The 68-year-old veteran military official was promoted to the country's second-ranking general at the fourth plenum last year.
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Party congress of the Communist Party next autumn
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