The first plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, announcing Xi Jinping's third term in office, opens at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. At the first plenary session, in which 205 members of the Central Committee, including 205 members elected at the 20th National Congress the day before, participate, members of the Politburo are elected, and the supreme leadership, the Standing Member of the Politburo, is confirmed.