# 20th CPC Central Committee opens fifth plenary session

https://mins.news/en/item/115341

- China News Service, 2026-10-26 05:23 UTC
- Politics
- Original: http://www.ecns.cn/news/politics/2026-10-26/detail-ihfmiwhm0744440.shtml

> The fifth plenary session of the CPC's 20th Central Committee opened in Beijing on Monday morning. Xi Jinping delivered a work report on behalf of the Political Bureau and explained a draft decision on persistently strengthening full and rigorous Party self-governance.

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