China’s fifth plenum, from the ground up

Plenary sessions of the Central Committee, the upper echelon of China’s ruling Communist Party, are major events on the country’s political calendar. This month’s edition, the fifth plenum, is attracting even more attention as the world’s second-largest economy takes on a more prominent role in global affairs. In this series, we examine how top-level policy decisions from Beijing cascade down to reshape China’s economic landscape on the ground.