The 18th CPC Central Committee, composed of more than 200 senior Party officials, will convene its third plenum from November 9 to 12 to discuss major economic and social issues concerning comprehensive reform.
Reform of the country's petition system will introduce a third trial procedure for a petitioner who is not satisfied with a court's final verdict, a senior judicial official said.
Nearly 17,000 people had been punished as of late September for violating the Party's rules on official frugality, the country's top anti-graft agency announced.
Publicly funded organizations in China will gradually be removed from the system of administrative rankings that has kept some of the groups on par with higher levels of government, according to a senior official in charge of administrative reform.
Young parents are making hard decisions about whether to give birth to another child, after the Party said couples can have two if either the husband or the wife is an only child.
Family planning authorities at local levels said they will brace for the loosening of the one-child policy and be ready to respond to a potential rise in birthrate.
China has pledged to make the most sweeping changes to its economy and social fabric in nearly three decades with a 60-point reform plan.
China will build a streamlined government administration by exempting more items from central government approval and pushing forward reform in public institutions.
Scholars from a prestigious university hailed the top leadership's resolve for reform and called for quick implementation of the measures.
Although the Party has decided to abolish the controversial laojiao system, the official end of the system can come no earlier than late December.
Urbanization and legal reform are two big issues faced by Chinese leaders currently, experts said on Saturday.
Giving prominence to the market will help tackle industrial overcapacity and transform the current growth model, experts said.
Like many migrant workers, Huang Ying, 45, has scant interest in the outcome of China's top-level reform meeting, but when told about possible changes concerning her land in the countryside, she knows what's in her best interest.
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