# Behind the empty seats at China’s Fifth Plenum: How is sustained anti-corruption pressure reshaping the party elite?

https://mins.news/en/item/122472

- BBC Chinese, 2026-10-30 13:23 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/articles/c3j47p5gwj5lo/trad?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> China’s 20th Communist Party Central Committee concluded its Fifth Plenum in Beijing. Attendance was about a quarter lower than the committee’s original membership, and the meeting confirmed expulsions of 33 members and alternate members. Analysts said Xi Jinping’s leadership had been further consolidated and anti-corruption discipline would endure, while officials face conflicting demands to act boldly and avoid crossing political lines.

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