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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Yew Lun Tian

How China's Communist Party Congress works

A man walks past a poster welcoming the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, in Beijing, China October 14, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

Chinese President Xi Jinping is poised to win a third five-year term as General Secretary of the ruling Communist Party, the most powerful job in the country, at the 20th Party Congress that wraps up this weekend.

The conclave of roughly 2,300 party representatives held every five years began last Sunday and has taken place at the vast Great Hall of the People on Beijing's Tiananmen Square, with much of the proceedings behind closed doors.

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