The Making of A New Blueprint

As China will soon become a moderately prosperous society, what does it plan to do beyond that? The question was addressed at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) held in Beijing on October 26-29, when the Party leadership mapped a new blueprint for the coming five years and set goals for another decade thereafter.

In recent four decades or so, the CPC Central Committee usually held five to seven plenary sessions during the five-year interlude between two CPC national congresses, including one focusing on proposals for the next five-year plan for national economic and social development.

This year’s plenary session was historic. It was held