Hu Jintao, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), addresses the Seventh Plenary Session of the 17th CPC Central Committee in Beijing, capital of China, on Nov. 4, 2012. The session was held from Nov.1 to 4 in Beijing and presided over by the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.(Xinhua/Li Xueren)

BEIJING -- The four-day Seventh Plenary Session of the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) concluded on Sunday in Beijing with a communique being issued.

Two hundred members and 165 alternate members of the CPC Central Committee attended the meeting, with members of the CPC's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and leading officials of related departments present as non-voting members.

It was decided at the plenum that the 18th CPC National Congress will be convened from Nov. 8 in Beijing, according to the communique issued on Sunday.

The plenum was presided over by the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. Hu Jintao, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, delivered an important speech.

Hu, entrusted by the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, made a work report, which was discussed at the plenum.

It also discussed and approved a report to be made by the 17th CPC Central Committee to the 18th Party Congress beginning next Thursday, as well as an amendment to the CPC Constitution.

Both documents will be submitted to the Party Congress for examination, the plenum decided.

Xi Jinping, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, made an explanation to the plenum on the draft report to the 18th Party Congress and the draft amendment to the CPC Constitution.

The plenum fully affirmed the work of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee since the Sixth Plenary Session of the 17th CPC Central Committee.

The meeting reached consensus that the Political Bureau has held high the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics and thoroughly implemented the spirits of the 17th Party Congress and its third, fourth, fifth and sixth plenums.

The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee has been guided by Deng Xiaoping Theory and the important thought of Three Represents, and thoroughly carried out the Scientific Outlook on Development, according to the communique.

The CPC Central Committee Political Bureau has united and led the entire Party, the armed forces and people of all ethnic backgrounds in the nation to maintain growth, keep prices in line, restructure the economy, improve people's livelihoods, embark on reforms and promote social harmony, by adhering to scientific development and accelerating the transformation of the economic growth pattern, according to the communique.