China’s ruling Communist Party will hold over a week-long 20th party congress from October 16-22, a party spokesperson announced on Saturday. The 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will open at 10 am today at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, and conclude on October 22, lasting seven days, state media outlet quoted congress spokesperson Sun Yeli as saying.

Addressing a press conference, spokesperson Sun Yeli said the qualifications of 2,296 delegates to the 20th National Congress of CCP have been confirmed valid. The delegates will attend the 20th CCP National Congress, representing more than 96 million CPC members and over 4.9 million primary-level Party organisations, he added.