Under tight security following what is believed to be anti-government terrorist attacks — a fiery crash of a car Oct. 28 in Beijing's Tiananmen Square and then bomb blasts Nov. 6 in front of a provincial party building in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province — the Chinese Communist Party held its third plenary session of the 18th Central Committee from Nov. 9 to 12 behind closed doors. The meeting is held every five years.
The 205-member committee adopted a policy of thoroughly deepening economic reform and accelerating change in the nation's economic development model.
The communique issued after the meeting said in part, "The core issue is to properly handle the relationship between the government and the market to enable the market to play a decisive role in allocating resources and the government to play its role."