# Xi Jinping to deepen party control at October plenum 2026-08-09T20:56:59+00:00 | World & Diplomacy | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The Communist Party of China's Politburo has announced that the fifth plenary session of the 20th Central Committee will meet in October, focusing on comprehensive and strict party self-governance, The Hindu reports. The meeting is seen as an effort to further entrench President Xi Jinping's authority ahead of the 21st Party Congress next year, where he is expected to seek a fourth term as General Secretary. Since 2012, Xi's anti-corruption campaign has disciplined or dismissed 7.011 million party members, including 930 senior 'tiger' cadres. Three members of the current 20th Politburo have been sacked. Alongside this, a parallel drive has caught 1.5 million for formalism and bureaucratism. The broader aim, analysts say, is to build an ideological and institutional edifice that binds the party to Xi's vision, systematised under 'Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building'. ## Coverage - thehindu.com Tags: anti-corruption, Communist Party of China, party self-governance, plenum, Politburo, Xi Jinping Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/xi-jinping-to-deepen-party-control-at-october-plenum/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/xi-jinping-to-deepen-party-control-at-october-plenum/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.