20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
| 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party 中国共产党第二十次全国代表大会 | |
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The flag of the Chinese Communist Party | |
| Begins | October 16, 2022 |
| Ends | October 22, 2022 |
| Locations | Great Hall of the People, Beijing, China |
| Previous event | 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (2017) |
| Participants | 2,296 delegates |
| Activity | Election of the 20th Central Committee and 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection |
| Leader | Xi Jinping (Leader of the Chinese Communist Party) |
| Website | english |
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| Simplified Chinese | 中国共产党第二十次全国代表大会 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 中國共產黨第二十次全國代表大會 | ||||||
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| Chinese | 二十大 | ||||||
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The 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party was held in the Great Hall of the People, Beijing from 16 to 22 October 2022. The National Congress is the highest organ of the party, and is stipulated to be held every five years. The conference had 2,296 delegates and 83 specially invited delegates.
Preparations for the National Congress and election for the delegates began in November 2021, while the Congress opened in October 2022. During the National Congress, General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered the political report of the outgoing 19th Central Committee. The National Congress endorsed the amendments to the CCP constitution, membership list of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and elected the 20th Central Committee. The day after the closing of the Congress, the new Central Committee's first plenary session was held at which the Central Committee approved the composition of the Secretariat, and soon after, the members of the Politburo and its Standing Committee, the party's most powerful decision-making body. Xi Jinping secured an unprecedented third term as CCP general secretary after the Congress.