Published: November 20th, 2023,
Last updated: November 20th, 2023
The late fall one year after a Chinese Communist Party congress is always the time of the so-called 3rd Plenary Session of the Central Committee. Between the National Congresses, which only meet every five years, the entire Central Committee only convenes around seven times; each of the numbered plenary sessions, therefore, only takes place every five years. In the CP calendar, the 3rd Plenary Session is traditionally the one at which the party sets the future course of economic policy: more opening or more control? Strengthening private companies or state-owned enterprises?