CPC initiates election process for delegates to 21st national congress

BEIJING -- The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has released a circular for the election of delegates to the Party's 21st national congress, making comprehensive plans for related work.

The Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee has made detailed arrangements for the election, according to an official statement released Saturday.

The CPC will convene its 21st national congress in the second half of 2027 in Beijing, the 20th CPC Central Committee decided at its fifth plenary session in late October.

The congress comes at a critical time when the CPC has been working to basically realize socialist modernization and heading toward the Second Centenary Goal. It will be a highly important meeting and an event of great political significance for both the Party and the country, the statement said.

The election of the delegates will lay an important foundation for the success of this congress, it said.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, convened meetings of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee to study the matter in depth and set out overall requirements, objectives and tasks for carrying out the work, according to the statement.

A total of 2,360 delegates to the congress will be elected by 38 electoral units across the country, the statement said.

It urged putting political standards first, applying strict eligibility criteria, following rigorous electoral procedures, and strictly enforcing electoral discipline, to ensure that those elected are of high caliber, well-structured in composition, and broadly representative, with the support of Party members.