Faces of the nation: A man walking past portraits of (from left) late Chinese chairman Mao Zedong and former Chinese leaders Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao, as well as Xi at Yan’an Revolutionary Memorial Hall in Yan’an city, Shaanxi province. — AFP
BEIJING: The Chinese Communist Party’s 20th Congress will end on Oct 22, a spokesman said at a press conference on the eve of the gathering, where President Xi Jinping is expected to secure a historic third term in power.
Around 2,300 delegates from every province in China will gather at the Great Hall of the People in the capital Beijing from today for the mostly closed-door conclave.
