Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to further consolidate his power as the ruling Communist Party
will begin its once-in-a-five-year Congress tomorrow and confirm his second five-year term.
The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) will also elect a new generation of leaders to work with Xi.
The agenda for the key Congress, which will conclude on October 24, has been set at the preparatory meeting held on Tuesday, CPC spokesman Tuo Zhen said.
Xi presided over the preparatory meeting at the Great Hall of the People which was attended by 2,307 party delegates and especially invited delegates, he said.
A 22-member delegate credentials committee was approved at the meeting. A presidium of the Congress consisting of 243 members was also approved.
During Tuesday's meeting, the attendees approved the organisational set up and tasks of the secretariat of the Congress.
The agenda of the party for the Congress include examining the work report about the progress achieved during the past five years, scrutinising report of the discipline inspection relating to the massive anti-corruption carried out in which over 1.34 million party officials especially some top ranking leaders were punished.