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As China revealed the date of the 20th Party Congress, President Xi Jinping is expected to cement power and secure a third term.
On October 16, China's governing Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will begin its 20th party congress, during which Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to secure an unprecedented third term.
The meeting typically lasts about a week and this year — as the current congress completes its five-year term — more than 2,000 members of the body will take part in the selection of new blood for the party's Central Committee.
Some of the central committee members will be promoted to the 25-people Politburo. There will likely also be some new faces in the seven-member Politburo Standing Committee (PSC), the party's most powerful organ.
