China's fifth plenum will deepen President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign, fulfill leadership purges, and pave the way for his fourth term, further reducing the likelihood of a resolution to U.S. and Japanese trade disputes and expanding the Chinese Communist Party's already extensive role in business and in governance. From Oct. 26-29, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will hold the fifth plenary session of the 20th Central Committee (CC) — fifth plenum, for short — in Beijing. The proceedings will focus on "consistently exercising full and rigorous governance over the Party," with a resolution on Party self-governance to be considered, according to a readout of a July meeting of the CCP's top political decision-making body, the Politburo. The Central Committee is required to hold at least one plenum per year.