Live: 4th Plenum of 20th Congress

18:39 Among the nine senior generals previously announced as expelled from both the Party and the military following review by the plenum session, eight had been members of the 20th Central Committee. The nine disciplined senior generals are He Weidong, Miao Hua, He Hongjun, Wang Xiubin, Lin Xiangyang, Qin Shutong, Yuan Huazhi, Wang Houbin, and Wang Chunning. (LIU Ci, DU Xiatong)

18:36 Despite consistently ranking as the top four alternate members in votes for two consecutive terms of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, Ding Xiangqun, Ding Xingnong, Yu Lijun, and Yu Jihong were not elevated to full membership at this Plenum.

Lieutenant General Ding Xingnong serves as the Deputy Political Commissar of the PLA Rocket Force. The other high-vote recipients were Ding Xiangqun (Party Secretary and Chairwoman of China People's Insurance Group Co., Ltd., and also serves as Chairwoman of China People's Property Insurance Co., Ltd), Yu Lijun (Head of the Organization Department of the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee), and Yu Jihong (President of Beijing Normal University).（WEI Yanfangru）

18:30 The Plenum proposed to further advance the construction of Digital China.
The Digital China initiative, first produced in 2023, stands as the most overarching proposal, encompassing the development of digital infrastructure and data resource systems. It is dedicated to integrating the content, services, and industrial growth within China's existing internet ecosystem. (CAO Zijian, LI Zhongyi)

18:30 The Plenum proposed accelerating the pursuit of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-strengthening to lead the development of new quality productive forces, a concept not only including the well-concentrated industries like AI, Biotech, and Electric Vehicle, but also including frontier industries like Quantum Technology and Life Science. (CAO Zijian, LI Zhongyi)

18:26 The Plenum pointed out that efforts should be intensified to rectify wage arrears. (LI Xiang)

18:25 The Plenum urged more efforts to accelerate modernization of agriculture and rural areas, and make solid progress in the comprehensive rural revitalization. (LI Xiang)

18:24 The Plenum proposed to promote the long-term prosperity and stability of Hong Kong and Macao. (FU Wenyun)

18:24 The Plenum promised to push forward national reunification with Taiwan.(FU Wenyun)

18:20 The Plenum has vowed to expand domestic demand and stimulate innovation to achieve a shift from investment-driven to consumption-led development. The Plenum mentioned the need to vigorously boost consumption, expand effective investment, and resolutely resolve to break the construction of a unified national market jam.(LAN Xinbei, ZHANG Xuan)

18:17 China proposed that, building on the “15th Five-Year Plan,” another five years of effort should lead to China’s per capita GDP reaching the level of moderately developed countries and the basic realization of socialist modernization by 2035. (CHEN Ruqing)

18:16 The plenum highlighted the need to advance low-carbon transformation in energy, industry, and transportation under the principle that "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets," supporting its goals of peaking carbon emissions by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2060. It called for accelerating the development of a new energy system, promoting green production and lifestyle, and strengthening pollution control, biodiversity conservation, and the construction of protected areas, so as to improve the quality of ecosystems and carbon sink capacity. (LI Wenhui)

18:14 The Fourth Plenum emphasized improving people’s livelihoods and advancing common prosperity for all. The communique calls for fair income distribution, more high-quality jobs, and stronger social security. It highlights a three-tier welfare system — universal, basic, and bottom-line — to raise living standards and ensure sustainable, inclusive growth. (LI Jingyi, YE Enyi)

18:13 China has pledged to expand institutional opening steadily and extend international circulation, promoting the development through Reform and Opening-up, also co-constructing The Belt and Road Initiative in high-quality. (WANG Zhiqi, ZHOU Shiqing)

18:09 The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the CPC adds General Zhang Shengmin as Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the CPC, replacing He Weidong, who was expelled from the Party and the military together with eight other generals last Friday.

Zhang Shengmin began his career as a grassroots propaganda officer in the former Lanzhou Military Region(now is part of the Western Theater Command), rising to Director of the Political Department of the Second Artillery Corps in 2014. In January 2017, he became Secretary of the Central Military Commission’s Discipline Inspection Commission. (LIU Dake)

18:06 The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was held in Beijing from October 20 to 23, 2025. China's top leader yesterday adopted the recommendation for formulating the "15th Five-Year Plan" and made a series of personnel appointments and removals within the central leadership. (LIU Dake)

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