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On October 9, the CCP Central Committee and the State Council released the Opinions on Developing New Quality Productive Forces, warning localities not to turn away from the real economy toward the virtual economy and to avoid creating bubbles, demanding serious accountability for major losses caused by blind investment and herd behavior, and prohibiting the violation and abuse of policies in the name of new quality productive forces.

Officials announced that the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CCP Central Committee will run from October 26 to 29, breaking with the usual convention that the fifth plenum focuses on the economy, with the theme being comprehensive and strict Party self-governance.

On September 9, 2026, the CCP Central Committee made the decision to expel Sun Shaochang, former Party Secretary of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, from the Party; the next day, the Standing Committee of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Party Committee publicly expressed firm support.

The CCP Central Committee and the State Council issued the Opinions on Strengthening Social Work in the New Era, covering arrangements for social work and social governance.

The CCP Central Committee has deployed a nationwide deepened special struggle to crack down on gangs and eliminate evil, lasting approximately one year starting from July 2026.

China launched a nationwide special campaign to crack down on gangs and eliminate evil, which lasted for about 3 years and was announced to have ended in 2021.

The central authorities issued Document No. 10, characterizing the mass layoff of workers as an inevitable process in the economic transition, acknowledging that it would bring temporary difficulties to some workers, while claiming that this accords with the long-term interests of the working class.

In July 1959, the CCP Central Committee convened the Lushan Conference, after which China's political campaigns and economic policies shifted further.

Beginning in 1957, the Anti-Rightist Campaign was launched, resulting in the purge of numerous members of democratic parties and intra-party dissidents.