# China’s major political meeting could let Xi tighten Party discipline

https://mins.news/en/item/115426

- BBC News, 2026-10-26 07:40 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6n8djd1078ro?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> China’s four-day Fifth Plenum is bringing around 300 Central Committee members together behind closed doors in Beijing. State media says it will pave the way for tighter Party discipline, while the meeting gives Xi Jinping a chance to steer strategy and consolidate his power ahead of the next Party Congress.

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