Third plenum of 20th CPC Central Committee to outline reform steps

China's policymakers are gathering in Beijing on Monday for an epoch-making meeting to advance the nation's reform and opening-up, amid high expectations that key steps will be introduced to further energize the world's second-largest economy and bolster its modernization drive.

The third plenary session of the 20th Communist Party of China Central Committee, scheduled from Monday to Thursday, will deliberate on a key policy document on deepening reform across the board and advancing Chinese modernization, the CPC's core leadership announced last month.

Ahead of the historic session, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presided over a host of meetings to set the tone for the key plenum and chart the direction for the nation's future reform.