The system also helps to justify single-party rule.After the plenum, committees will continue tinkering with the constitution's wording.
After the 1993 plenum, thousands of loss-making SOEs were sold, scrapped or merged, resulting in about 40m people losing their jobs.
And after the Communist Party plenum earlier this month the government announced a bold series of economic reforms that promised to remake the functions of local governments, emphasizing services, such as environmental protection, instead of the blind pursuit of growth.
The most concerted efforts to reign in Weibo began after the sixth plenum of the 17th Party Congress in October 2011 when official media declared that "Internet rumors are like drugs" and propaganda work should focus on "strengthening the channeling and control of social media and real-time communication tools".
The latest announcements are contained in a 22,000-word document released three days after the Third Plenum meeting of the Communist leadership in Beijing.
After the 10th plenum, local and provincial party organizations began electing delegates to the congress as well as updating party documents.
After the 12th plenum, the Personnel Appointments subcommittee began discussions with important organizations and individuals within the Party, most notably with the Central Commission for Inspection (which investigates complaints against Party members), party elders Đỗ Mười, Lê Đức Anh, Võ Văn Kiệt, Võ Nguyên Giáp and Nguyễn Đức Tâm, and with the 9th Politburo.
The plenum set up a National Security Council — somewhat patterned after the U.S. model — with Xi at its helm, which would oversee the various security apparatuses.
"Since the plenum the PBoC have been tightening.
The document, and the plenum itself, were striking.
