Fourth plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

Fourth plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party 中国共产党第二十届中央委员会第四次全体会议
Façade of the Great Hall of the People
Date	20–23 October 2025 (3 days)
Locations	Banquet Hall, Great Hall of the People, Beijing, China
Previous event	Third plenary session of the 20th Central Committee
Attendance	168 Central Committee members 147 Central Committee alternate members
General Secretary	Xi Jinping

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Fourth plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Simplified Chinese	中国共产党第二十届中央委员会第四次全体会议
Traditional Chinese	中國共產黨第二十屆中央委員會第四次全體會議
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng Dìèrshíjiè Zhōngyāng Wěiyuánhuì Dìsìncì Quántǐ Huìyì

v t e National meetings of the Chinese Communist Party
National Congress	Convocations 1st (1921) 2nd (1922) 3rd (1923) 4th (1925) 5th (1927) 6th (1928) 7th (1945) 8th (1956) 9th (1969) 10th (1973) 11th (1977) 12th (1982) 13th (1987) 14th (1992) 15th (1997) 16th (2002) 17th (2007) 18th (2012) 19th (2017) 20th (2022) Presidium 3rd (1923) 4th (1925) 5th (1927) 6th (1928) 7th (1945) 8th (1956) 9th (1969) 10th (1973) 11th (1977) 12th (1982) 13th (1987) 14th (1992) 15th (1997) 16th (2002) 17th (2007) 18th (2012) 19th (2017) 20th (2022) Qualification Review Committee 3rd (1923) 4th (1925) 5th (1927) 6th (1928) 7th (1945) 8th (1956) 9th (1969) 10th (1973) 11th (1977) 12th (1982) 13th (1987) 14th (1992) 15th (1997) 16th (2002) 17th (2007) 18th (2012) 19th (2017) 20th (2022)
Delegates Assembly	1st (1937) 2nd (1955) 3rd (1985)
Notable Politburo & Central Committee plenums	Gutian Congress (1929) Ningdu Conference (1932) Zunyi Conference (1935) Lushan Conference (1959) 2nd Plenum, 9th CC (1970) 3rd Plenum, 11th CC (1978) 6th Plenum, 11th CC (1981) 4th Plenum, 13th CC (1989) 1st Plenum, 18th CC (2012) 2nd Plenum, 18th CC (2013) 3rd Plenum, 18th CC (2013) 4th Plenum, 18th CC (2014) 5th Plenum, 19th CC (2015) 6th Plenum, 19th CC (2016) 7th Plenum, 18th CC (2017) 1st Plenum, 19th CC (2018) 2nd Plenum, 19th CC (2018) 3rd Plenum, 19th CC (2018) 4th Plenum, 19th CC (2019) 5th Plenum, 19th CC (2020) 6th Plenum, 19th CC (2021) 7th Plenum, 19th CC (2022) 1st Plenum, 20th CC (2022) 2nd Plenum, 20th CC (2023) 3rd Plenum, 20th CC (2024) 4th Plenum, 20th CC (2025)
Recurring	Central Economic Work Conference Central Financial Work Conference