MNI BRIEF: China To Hold Key Third Plenum On July 15-18

China's Communist Party will hold its long-delayed third plenum from July 15-18 in Beijing, announced by the Politburo meeting on Thursday, state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.

The Central Committee of China’s Communist Party’s third plenums, held every five years, typically set reform on economic, market government function, fiscal policies and urban and rural development for the next 5-10 years. July's meeting will occur nearly a year later than usual.

MNI previously reported that the plenum will focus strongly on real-estate and the unified national market reform, alongside corporate vitality and regional coordinated development, with rural property rights a key area most want action on to help sustain Beijing's 5.5% growth target over the next decade. (See MNI EM: China's 3rd Plenum To Target Real Estate; Rural Reform Eyed)