China’s Xi Jinping outlines five-year plan at closed-door party meeting

The Jingxi Hotel where the Communist Party’s Central Committee is holding its fourth plenum, in Beijing (Andy Wong/AP)

Chinese leader Xi Jinping delivered a speech on Monday on the opening day of a major meeting of the ruling Communist Party to approve a draft plan laying out its goals for the country over the next five years.

A short dispatch from the official Xinhua News Agency said Mr Xi “expounded on the party leadership’s draft proposals” for the next five-year plan for national economic and social development, which will cover 2026-2030.