Third plenums have typically focused on reforms, after the end of the Cultural Revolution in the late 1970s. Some closed-door meetings have left a long-lasting and historical impact on the economy.

Many past plenums have been largely ceremonial, with important decisions debated and made by the Party’s 25-member politburo beforehand. READ: China meetings likely to chart economic agenda.

The plenums also have a social function – for Bosnian citizens, so often lectured about ‘democracy’ by the west and so often silenced or ignored – to also voice their experiences of ...

Since China began to “open up and reform” its economy in 1978, under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping, all key CCP decisions on China’s economy and reforms have been made during the third ...

The plenums are not instruments for galvanising working class opposition, but a means to control and subordinate it to a reform agenda dictated by Washington. Sign up for the WSWS email newsletter.

They invited to their plenums not only students but all citizens to debate issues of public importance such as education and, in addition to that, to decide upon the course of the protest movement.

Well-Designed Plenums. I used the term “well-designed plenum” earlier in this article. This implies the plenum is designed with enough depth to minimize friction loss as the air moves across the ...

Plenums Are Teaching Bosnians Real Democracy at Last. Nidzara Ahmetasevic. February 15, 2014 14:06. After 20 years of botched ‘democratisation’, Bosnians are finally getting a chance to ...

As one analyst has noted, third plenums often set out national development and reform agendas, and given that China’s current economic picture looks bleak, and Xi may be seeking to align any ...

Plenums usually happen seven times in the Central Committee’s five-year tenure. But the third plenum usually attracts particular attention: it is sometimes used to give a boost to reforms in the ...

Historically, third plenums are often overrated as catalysts for transformational change and instead introduce plans that expand on existing policy themes. Xi’s first third plenum in 2013 appeared ...