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China's top leadership team around President Xi Jinping is set to change this month at a twice-a-decade congress. Pictured here is the last such congress in 2017, with Xi at the center. Nicolas Asfouri | Afp | Getty Images BEIJING — China is poised to reshuffle the top officials surrounding President Xi Jinping at a highly anticipated congress meeting this month. The ruling Communist Party of China is expected to kick off its 20th National Congress — held once every five years — on Oct. 16. About a week later, the names of the new team are due to be announced. The composition of the team will reflect the political sway Xi and his associates have, and how much support the president wields for ideas — such as preferences for greater state control in the economy. Xi, who is 69, is widely expected to further consolidate his power after being head of the party for 10 years. This month&#x27 ;s congress is expected to pave the way for him to stay on for an unprecedented third five-ye...

Chinese President Xi Jinping is widely expected to further consolidate his power at a twice-a-decade congress this fall. He is pictured here on July 1, 2022, at a swearing-in ceremony for Hong Kong's chief executive John Lee. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — China's leaders are set to convene in Beijing on Oct. 16 for a major political meeting that's expected to consolidate President Xi Jinping's power and signal forthcoming economic policy. This year's gathering takes on additional significance as it's become a widely watched marker for when China may begin to ease its stringent zero-Covid policy. The Communist Party of China's top leaders are expected to propose that the party hold its 20th National Congress on Oct. 16 in Beijing, state media announced Tuesday. It's "the most important political event of the decade in China," Citi analysts wrote in a note last week. "The Congress is set to launch a new political eco...