China's Communist Party opened Sunday a meeting of senior members who will make final arrangements for its twice-a-decade congress where leader Xi Jinping is expected to secure an unprecedented third five-year term as party general secretary.
The party is expected to issue a communique summary through the media on the last day of the session.
The congress will take stock of the party's work over the past five years, "with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core in uniting and leading the whole Party and Chinese people of all ethnic groups to uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era," Xinhua said.
The identity of the successor to Premier Li Keqiang, 67, who is set to retire next spring, and whether Li will stay on in the seven-member Politburo Standing Committee -- the country's highest decision-making body -- even after retirement, have been drawing attention.
Li is in charge of mapping out the nation's economic policies.
It will choose the members of the Central Committee.
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