China Sets Next Week for Key Party Meeting, After Long Gap

China Sets Next Week for Key Party Meeting, After Long Gap
Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrives the fifth plenary meeting of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People on March 15, 2013 in Beijing, China. Feng Li/Getty Images
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BEIJING—China’s ruling Communist Party will hold a key meeting of its senior leadership next week after an unusually long delay since the last one, state media said on Oct. 24, as the country grapples with issues ranging from a slowing economy to unrest in Hong Kong.

Plenums, as they are called, are generally held every autumn, and are an opportunity for the Communist Party’s elite to map out policy priorities.