Politics and political leadership changes will heavily influence this year’s policy agenda in China. The Chinese Communist Party (CPC) will hold its 20th National Party Congress in the fall, potentially in October. The Party Congress—held every five years—will approve a new Central Committee, which includes the country’s top decision-makers. The First Plenary Session of the new CPC Central Committee—which has 205 members—will then elect the new leadership for China for the next five years. President Xi Jinping is expected to secure a third five-year term as the party’s general secretary, breaking the tradition of the ... (full story)