PoliticsChina’s fifth plenum focuses on party discipline ahead of the 21st Party Congress

The fifth plenary session of the Chinese Communist Party’s 20th Central Committee concluded in Beijing on Oct. 29, adopting a decision to advance comprehensive and strict party governance. It said the party’s membership is changing and that problems involving ideology, organization and conduct remain unresolved. The session expelled 33 central committee members and alternate members, the highest number at a single plenum since reform and opening-up. A podcast examines the meeting’s significance and preparations for next year’s 21st Party Congress.