What is the National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party?

Name: What is the National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party?
Uploaded: 2022-10-17T09:28:58+00:00
Duration: 2 min 7 s
Description: Every five years, the same ritual takes place in Beijing. Dissidents are ordered to stay at home, factories are shut to reduce pollution and huge flower arrangements line the major thoroughfares. Everything has to be perfect for the Communist Party's National Congress. This year will be the 20th. But what does it actually entail? FRANCE 24's Charles Pellegrin explains.

Issued on: 25/10/2022 - 16:45

China inaugura el domingo una conferencia del partido que se celebra dos veces al año y en la que se espera que el líder Xi Jinping reciba un tercer mandato de cinco años que rompe con los precedentes recientes y se consolida como el político chino más poderoso desde Mao Zedong. © Mark Schiefelbein / AP

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Every five years, the same ritual takes place in Beijing. Dissidents are ordered to stay at home, factories are shut to reduce pollution and huge flower arrangements line the major thoroughfares. Everything has to be perfect for the Communist Party's National Congress. This year will be the 20th. But what does it actually entail? FRANCE 24's Charles Pellegrin explains.