India, Oct. 26 -- China's Communist Party on Monday began a four-day key plenary session in Beijing, with President Xi Jinping pushing for stronger party discipline, tighter governance and continued efforts to combat corruption. The fifth plenary session of the 20th Central Committee will run from October 26 to 29 and comes ahead of next year's Communist Party Congress, where Xi is widely expected to seek a historic fourth term as party chief.

Xi, who is also China's president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivered a work report to the plenum on behalf of the Politburo and explained a draft decision on major issues concerning the continued strengthening of comprehensive and rigorous Party self-governance, state media ...