CHINA-INTERNAL: FOURTH PARTY PLENUM
At the conclusion of the four-day Fourth Plenary meeting of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee from October 20-23, the Party endorsed disclosure as the norm, with non-disclosure as the exception. For the first time the State Council issued a notice calling for suggestions from the public on regulations that should be placed on its rule-making agenda to carry out the initiatives put forward at the Party meetings over the past two years, citing the goal of deepening its scientific and democratic legislative process. |