CPC Central Committee to hold third plenary session

BEIJING - The third plenary session of the 19th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee will be held from Feb 26 to 28 in Beijing, according to a decision made at a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee Saturday.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting.

The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee met to discuss a structural reform plan of the Party and state institutions, the country's economic and social development, as well as proposed candidates for state leadership positions and for the leadership of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee.

Participants also discussed a work report of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee to the CPC Central Committee.

REVAMP PARTY, STATE INSTITUTIONS

The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee decided to revise the draft of the structural reform plan of the Party and state institutions and then submit it to the third plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Committee for review.

The leaders agreed that the Party and state institutions form an important part of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics and should be reformed to strengthen the Party's leadership, improve state governance and make the system efficient.

While acknowledging its contributions, the leaders said the current structure of Party and state institutions was not good enough to meet the requirements for various tasks in the "new era."

They said the Party should resolve to tackle institutional obstacles to give full play to the advantages of China's socialist system.

Details of the plan were not disclosed.