CPC Central Committee to hold 2nd plenum

The Second Plenum of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China(CPC) will be held here from Feb. 26 to Feb. 28, according to a decision reached at a meeting on Saturday by members of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting.

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