Central Committee of the Communist Party of China

Rule Changes

Holding its fifth plenum; 97 of 376 seats unfilled

Of the 376 people named to China's Central Committee in 2022, 279 attended this week's fifth plenum. The other 97 seats were empty. Party media confirmed 33 of them had been formally expelled, the largest single round of removals at such a meeting in modern Chinese history.

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