Xi Jinping Makes New Round of Personnel Changes Ahead of Communist Party Conclave

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and other officials applaud after the vote on the national security legislation for Hong Kong Special Administrative Region at the closing session of China's rubber-stamp legislature (the National People's Congress) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on May 28, 2020. Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters

As the fifth plenary session of the Nineteenth Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is about to be held in Beijing on Oct. 26, political rearrangements have been taking place this month.

The plenary session is a closed-door meeting among the elite CCP officials. Beijing usually keeps details secret until after the meeting ends.